burry

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adjective

Abounding in burs.

“burry wool”

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barbedbarbellatebriarybrierybristledbristlyburredprickly
OriginMiddle English burry →
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Meanings

burry1

adjectiveburry (comparative burrier, superlative burriest)

comparative burrier · superlative burriest

  1. Abounding in burs.

    burry wool

  2. Resembling or characteristic of a bur.
  3. or other produced soundCharacterized by a burr.

Burry2

proper noun
  1. A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivehaving or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

Similar
barbedbarbellatebriarybrierybristledbristlyburredpricklysetosesetaceousspinythornyarmed
Also see
barbedbarbellatebriarybrierybristledbristlypricklysetaceoussetosespinythorny

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishburry
  2. Englishburry

From Middle English burry, bury, equivalent to bur + -y.

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APA

burry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burry

MLA

“burry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burry. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “burry,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burry.

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