burg (noun)

  • 31bergmehl — /berkˈmāl or bûrgˈ/ noun (Ger, mountain flour) a powdery deposit of diatom frustules • • • Main Entry: ↑berg …

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  • 32flam|berg — «FLAM burg», noun. = flamberge. (Cf. ↑flamberge) …

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  • 33floe|berg — «FLOH BURG», noun. a large mass of ice formed from floes heaped up by the action of the wind and waves …

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  • 34in|sel|berg — «IHN suhl BURG», noun. a stump or core of a mountain left rising above a surrounding plain primarily by the process of wind erosion. ╂[< German Inselberg < Insel island + Berg mountain] …

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  • 35oil|berg — «OYL BURG», noun. an oil tanker with a capacity of 200,000 tons or more. ╂[< oil + (ice)berg] …

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  • 36borough — noun Etymology: Middle English burgh, from Old English burg fortified town; akin to Old High German burg fortified place, and probably to Old English beorg hill more at barrow Date: before 12th century 1. a. a medieval fortified group of houses… …

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  • 37-burger — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun combining form ( s) Etymology: hamburger 1. a. : patty of a (specified) kind of food usually meat or a meat substitute porkburger …

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  • 38hardy-weinberg law — noun Usage: usually capitalized H&W Etymology: after Godfrey Harold Hardy died 1947 English mathematician and Wilhelm Weinberg died 1937 German physician : a fundamental principle of population genetics: population gene frequencies and population …

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  • 39bourg — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French burc, borghe, from Latin burgus fortified place, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German burg fortified place more at borough Date: 12th century town, village: as a. one neighboring a castle b …

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  • 40burgomaster — noun Etymology: part modification, part translation of Dutch burgemeester, from burg town + meester master Date: 1592 the chief magistrate of a town in some European countries ; mayor …

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