Burr Explained

Burr may refer to:

Places

Australia

• Cape Burr, a headland in South Australia
• Mount Burr, South Australia, a town and mountain in South Australia

United States

• Burr, Minnesota, an unincorporated community
• Burr, Missouri, an unincorporated community
• Burr, Nebraska, a village
• Burr, Texas, an unincorporated community
• Burr, West Virginia, an unincorporated community

Elsewhere

• Burr, Saskatchewan, a hamlet in Canada
• Burr Point, the easternmost point of mainland Ireland
• Burr (crater), on the Jovian moon Callisto

People

• List of people with surname Burr
• Burr (given name)

Arts and entertainment

• Burr (novel), a book about Aaron Burr by Gore Vidal
• Burr Redding, a fictional character in the television series Oz
• "Burr", a song by the Smashing Pumpkins from , 2023

Other uses

• Burr (edge), a deformation of metal wherein a raised edge forms on a metal part which has been machined
• Burr (cutter), a small cutter used in rotary tools for metalworking
• Burr mill, used to grind hard, small food products
• Bur or burr, a spiky seed pod
• Burl, burr in British English, an irregular growth in trees
• Burr or Borr, a god of Norse mythology
• × Burrageara, an orchid genus for which the abbreviation is Burr.
• Butch cut, a haircut, for which burr is an alternative name
• Burr Gymnasium, a multi-purpose arena in Washington, D.C., home of the Howard University basketball team

See also

• Northumbrian Burr, a distinctive pronunciation of the letter R found in the northeast of England
• Burr distribution, a statistical continuous probability distribution
• Burr puzzle, a type of interlocking mechanical puzzle
• Burr Truss, an architectural feature often used in covered bridges
• Bur (disambiguation)