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bur in a sentence

• hon gick av och an som ett djur i bur
  she paced up and down like a caged animal
• att sitta i buren
  to be imprisoned

Words built with bur

• fågelbur birdcage

Questions

Origin

From Old Swedish būr, from Old Norse búr, from Proto-Germanic *būrą.

Nearby common words

bur is number 3,204 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

• 3,200sky shrink from, avoid
• 3,201di suck, suckle; milk from the mother (human or animal) directly to the offspring
• 3,202slutligen ultimately, in the end
• 3,203äh eh, meh (expression of dismissive or otherwise negative reaction, such as impatience, annoyance, suspicion, surprise, uncertainty, disappointment or disdain)
• 3,205såklart of course, of course; naturally
• 3,206botemedel remedy, cure
• 3,207samarbete cooperation, collaboration
• 3,208division division, battalion