B — The school dictionary · page 111 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11burialThe act of putting a dead body in the ground or a grave.10 sentencesburiedPut into a hole in the ground and covered with earth.13 sentencesburlyA burly person is big, strong and heavily built.7 sentencesburmeseFrom or to do with Burma, now called Myanmar, a country in Southeast Asia.10 sentencesburnTo be on fire, to make flames and heat.19 sentencesburnerA burner is the part of a stove, lamp or fire where the flame or heat comes out.5 sentencesburningOn fire; giving out flames and heat: a burning building.14 sentencesburnishedBurnished means polished until it shines brightly, like metal.4 sentencesburntDamaged or destroyed by fire or heat.13 sentencesburpTo burp means to let air come up from your stomach out through your mouth with a noise.9 sentencesburrA burr is a prickly seed case that sticks to clothes or fur, such as from burdock.9 sentencesburrowA burrow is a hole or tunnel in the ground that an animal digs to live or hide in, like a rabbit's or wombat's burrow.13 sentencesbursaA small bag of fluid in the body, usually near a joint like the knee or elbow, that stops bones, muscles and tendons from rubbing.7 sentencesburstTo burst is to break open suddenly because there is too much inside, like a balloon or a pipe.14 sentencesburtonTo be lost, broken, ruined or killed: «My holiday plans have gone for a burton.».8 sentencesburyTo bury means to put something in a hole in the ground and cover it with earth.13 sentencesbusA bus is a big road vehicle that carries many people, often on a set route with stops.21 sentencesbushA bush is a plant like a small tree with many branches close to the ground.12 sentencesbushbabyA small African animal with huge round eyes, big ears and a long tail that lives in trees and comes out at night. Also called a galago.8 sentencesbushelA bushel is an old measure of dry things such as grain, apples or potatoes, about eight gallons.5 sentencesbushyGrowing thickly, with lots of hair, fur or leaves: a bushy tail, bushy eyebrows, a bushy beard.9 sentencesbusilyIn a busy way: working hard and actively at something.10 sentencesbusinessA business is a company, shop or firm that makes or sells things to earn money.13 sentencesbusinessmanA man who works in business, for example running a company, buying and selling, or working in an office in trade.8 sentencesbuskTo busk is to play music, sing, juggle or perform in a public place, such as a street or station, for money from people passing by.9 sentencesbuskerA person who plays music, sings, juggles or performs in the street or another public place for money from people passing by.7 sentencesbustTo bust something is to break it: «I bust my bike».15 sentencesbustardA bustard is a large, heavy bird with long legs that walks on grasslands and open plains; it can fly, but prefers to run.8 sentencesbustleBusy, noisy activity with lots of people moving about: the hustle and bustle of the city.10 sentencesbusyHaving a lot to do; working on something now: «Mum is busy cooking».14 sentencesbutBut joins two ideas that are different or surprising together.21 sentencesbutchLooking or acting tough, strong and traditionally manly.8 sentencesbutcherA butcher is a person whose job is cutting and selling meat.13 sentencesbutlerA butler is the chief male servant in a large, rich house, who looks after the wine, the dining room and the other servants.9 sentencesbuttThe bottom, the part you sit on.14 sentencesbutterButter is a soft, yellow food made from cream, which people spread on bread or use in cooking.13 sentencesbuttercupA buttercup is a small wild plant with shiny, bright yellow cup-shaped flowers, common in fields and lawns.8 sentencesbutterflyA butterfly is an insect with four large, often brightly coloured wings that flies by day.11 sentencesbuttermilkThe slightly sour liquid left after butter has been made from cream.9 sentencesbutterwortA small plant with a flat rosette of sticky, pale green leaves and purple, violet or yellow flowers; it catches and eats small insects.6 sentencesbuttonA button is a small round thing that holds clothes closed by going through a hole.15 sentencesbuttonholeA buttonhole is a small slit in a coat or shirt through which a button is pushed.6 sentencesbuttressA buttress is a thick wall or support of stone or brick built against a wall to hold it up and stop it falling outwards.11 sentencesbuttyA butty is a sandwich, often with a hot filling: «a chip butty», «a bacon butty».8 sentencesbuyTo buy is to get something by paying money for it.14 sentencesbuyerA person who buys something: the buyer of the house.9 sentencesbuzzTo buzz is to make a long low humming sound like a bee or a fly.14 sentencesbuzzardA buzzard is a large bird of prey with broad wings that circles high in the sky and hunts small animals.4 sentencesbuzzingBuzzing is making a low humming sound like a bee or fly.13 sentencesbyBy shows who does something: a book by Roald Dahl.22 sentencesbyeBye is a short, friendly way to say goodbye.12 sentencesbygoneFrom a time long ago; past: a bygone age, bygone days.9 sentencesbypassA road that goes around a town instead of through it.10 sentencesbyreOld use: a cowshed, a farm building where cows are kept.4 sentencesbystanderA bystander is a person who is near when something happens, especially an accident, a fight or bullying, but is not part of it.8 sentencesbyteA unit of computer memory or data made of 8 bits (8 ones and zeros); one byte can store one letter like «A».8 sentencesbyzantineByzantine describes the Byzantine Empire, the eastern part of the Roman Empire, which lasted for about a thousand years after Rome fell, w…9 sentences1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/page/11/