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Burry

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Having burs; prickly.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Abounding in burs.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Abounding in burs, or containing burs; resembling burs.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Full of burs; resembling burs: as, burry wool.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

Word Usage

"As she sat before a "burry," clad in a blue, pinafore-like garment, from which emerged white silk sleeves to match the collar and yoke, her hand absently turning over a pile of notebooks, bound in green and blue and rose, she made a striking contrast to Hannah Vernon in a cinnamon coat and skirt, built for wear by a cheap tailor on the principle of "there or thereabouts.""

Equivalent

armed

Variant

burriest burrier

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Curry Murray Murree Surrey Urey Uri blurry currie curry flurry