Burr may refer to:
- Things
- The Northumbrian Burr, a distinctive pronunciation of the letter R found in the northeast of England
- Bur, type of seed or fruit with short, stiff bristles or hooks
- The Burr distribution, continuous probability distribution
- A burr (edge), deformation of metal wherein a raised edge forms on a metal part which has been machined
- A burr (cutter), small cutter used in rotary tools for metalworking
- A burr puzzle, type of interlocking mechanical puzzle
- Burr (novel), book about Aaron Burr by Gore Vidal
- Burr, or Borr, god of Norse Mythology
- British spelling for burl, deformed grain growth in trees
- Burr, abbreviation for the orchid genus Burrageara
- Burr Truss, architectural feature often used in covered bridges
- Burr (crater), crater on Callisto
- A Dental drill
- People
- Aaron Burr (1756–1836), U.S. vice president
- Albert G. Burr (1829–1882), U.S. politician
- Bill Burr (born 1968), stand-up comedian
- Chandler Burr (born 1963), an American journalist and author
- Clive Burr (born 1957), drummer
- George Elbert Burr (1859–1939), American painter and printmaker
- George Lincoln Burr (1857–1938), American historian
- Harold Saxton Burr (1889–1973), American anatomist
- Jeff Burr (born 1963), movie actor, scenarist and producer
- Joseph Tyrrell (1858–1957), full name Joseph Burr Tyrrell, geologist
- Raymond Burr (1917–1993), actor
- Richard Burr (born 1955), U.S. senator from North Carolina
- Theodore Burr (1771–1822/24), inventor of the Burr Truss
- Locations
- Burr, Saskatchewan, hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada
- Burr, Nebraska, village in U.S.
- Bur, Yemen
Famous quotes containing the word burr:
“Heaven sometimes hedges a rare character about with ungainliness and odium, as the burr that protects the fruit.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882)
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