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a bunch of ... ; a whole bunch of ...

( informal )

a large group of people or things; a lot of something I have a bunch of stuff to do today. A whole bunch of us went out for pizza after work.

bun • dle / 'bAndl / noun [ count ]

a group of things that you tie or wrap together a bundle of old newspapers

bunk / bAgk / noun [ count ]

a narrow bed that is attached to a wall, for example on a ship or train

( also bunk bed ) one of a pair of beds built one on top of the other

bun • ny / ' bAni / noun [ count ] ( plural bun . nies )

a child's word for rabbit (= a small animal with long ears )buoy / 'bui ; boi / noun [ count ] ( plural buoys ) a thing that floats in water to show boats where there are dangerous places

bur • den / ' Ьэ^п / noun [ count ]

something that you have to do that worries you, or that causes difficulty or hard work

I don't want to be a burden to my children when I'm old.

bu • reau / ' byurou / noun [ count ]

( politics ) a government department the Federal Bureau of Investigation

( business ) an organization or a company that provides information

a visitor's bureau

bu • reauc • ra • cy / byu ' rakresi / noun

[noncount]

the system of official rules and processes that a government or an organization has, which people often think is too complicated

You have to deal with so much bureaucracy to get your passport.

► bu • reau • crat • ic / |byure ' kratik / adjective

bureaucratic procedures

burg • er / ' Ьэ^эг / noun [ count ]

meat that is cut into very small pieces and made into a flat round shape, which you eat between two pieces of bread a burger and fries

—SYNONYM hamburger

bur • glar / ' Ьэ^ьг / noun [ count ]

a person who goes into a building to steal things

bur • glar • ize / ъэ^ьгак / verb

( bur • glar • iz • es, bur • glar • iz • ing, bur • glar • ized )

to go into a building illegally, usually using force, and steal from it

Our house was burglarized.

bur • gla • ry / ' ьэ^ьн / noun

[count, noncount] ( plural bur • gla • ries )

the crime of going into a house to steal things

He was arrested for burglary.

There was a burglary at the house next door.

bur • i • al / ' beriэl / noun [ count, noncount ]

the time when a dead body is put in the ground The verb is bury .

bur • ied, bur • ies

forms of bury

burn 1 W / barn / verb ( burns , burn ing , burned or burnt / ЬэгП / has burned or has burnt )

to make flames and heat; to be on fire Paper burns easily.

She escaped from the burning building.

to harm or destroy someone or something with fire or heat

I burned my fingers on a match. We burned the wood on the fire. Her hand was badly burned.

to feel very hot and painful

Your forehead's burning. You must have a fever. Her cheeks burned with embarrassment. Thesaurus

hurt is a general word meaning to feel pain, or to make someone or something else feel pain: My feet hurt. ♦ It hurts when I bend my knee. ♦ Ouch! That

really hurts! ♦ Stop that - you're hurting me. ♦ Did you hurt yourself when you fell?