Burr
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Burr may refer to:
- Things
- Burr (fruit), a type of seed or fruit with short, stiff bristles or hooks
- The Burr distribution, a continuous probability distribution
- A burr (metal), a deformation of metal wherein a raised edge forms on a metal part which has been machined
- Burr wood, a deformed type of wood in which the grain has been misformed
- A burr (cutter), a small cutter used in rotary tools for metalworking
- A burr puzzle, a type of interlocking mechanical puzzle
- Burr (novel), a book about Aaron Burr by Gore Vidal
- Burr, or Borr, a god of Norse Mythology
- The British spelling for burl
- Any English regional accent with a guttural R, such as the Northumberland burr
- Burr, the abbreviation for the orchid genus Burrageara
- Burr Truss, an architectural feature often used in covered bridges
- Burr (crater) is a crater on Callisto
- People
- Aaron Burr, US vice president
- Albert G. Burr, US politician
- Bill Burr, stand-up comedian
- Clive Burr, drummer
- George Elbert Burr, American painter and printmaker
- George Lincoln Burr, American historian
- Harold Saxton Burr, American anatomist
- Jeff Burr, movie actor, scenarist and producer
- Joseph Burr Tyrrell, geologist
- Raymond Burr, actor
- Richard Burr, US politician
- Theodore Burr, inventor of the Burr Truss
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