burton

UK /ˈbɜː.tən/ US /ˈbɝ.tən/

name 5noun 2

Collocations

VERB + BURTON

named

The new shopping center was named Burton after the town's founder.

BURTON + NOUN

affair, man

The burton affair caused quite a scandal in the village last summer.

name

An English habitational surname from Old English for someone who lived in any of several places with that name.

A male given name.

A number of places in the United States:

noun

An arrangement of blocks and pulleys, especially for tightening rigging on a ship.

Storage of cargo athwartships.

Gossipmongers had a field day when Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton started an affair while they were both married to other people.

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The work of rediscovering the lakes was entrusted to a remarkable man named Richard Burton, a man whose love of adventure was well known.

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i Register

In some senses, burton is marked as archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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