Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

buro

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.81 in modern English

Syllables: buro
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Nonstandard spelling of bureau.

Example Sentences

"And I went up into the spare chamber, and sort o' fixed Philury's things to the best advantage; for I knew the neighbors would be in to look at 'em. And I was a standin' there as calm and happy as the buro or table, ..."
"Mrs. Arp opens her school and stands 'em up by the buro to say their lessons."
"One can only speculate about the appearance of the "New-fashion buro" advertised for sale in the Boaton Gazette of May 1, 1750."
"… an employment buro said on Tuesday. The retrenchments took place between November last year and March 1998, the Employment Buro of Africa's regional manager, Chris Hechter said."
"… a member of both the council of ministers and the Cuban Communist Party's political buro."

Inflected Forms

buros (plural)

Questions

What does buro mean?: Nonstandard spelling of bureau.

How to pronounce buro

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