Burton
(noun) a strong dark English ale
Burton, Richard Burton
(noun) Welsh film actor who often co-starred with Elizabeth Taylor (1925-1984)
Burton, Richard Burton, Sir Richard Burton, Sir Richard Francis Burton
(noun) English explorer who with John Speke was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika (1821-1890)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Burton
An English habitational surname for someone who lived in any of several places with that name.
A male given name
A number of places in the United States
A village in Illinois.
A city in Michigan.
A village in Nebraska.
A village in Ohio.
A census-designated place in South Carolina.
A town in Texas.
A number of places in England and Wales
A small village east of Chester in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5163).
A village on the Wirral Peninsula in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ3174).
A village in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district, Dorset (OS grid ref SZ1694).
A village in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK9674).
A hamlet in Bamburgh parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NU1733).
A civil parish in Staffordshire, also short for Burton upon Trent.
A village in Nettleton parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8179).
A hamlet in Mere parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8232).
A village in Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9805).
A village in the Wrexham, Wales (OS grid ref SJ3557).
• Bruton, to burn
burton (plural burtons)
(archaic) An arrangement of blocks and pulleys, especially for tightening rigging on a ship.
(archaic) Storage of cargo athwartships.
• Bruton, to burn
Source: Wiktionary
Bur"ton, n. Etym: [Cf. OE. & Prov. E. bort to press or indent anything.] (Naut.)
Definition: A peculiar tackle, formed of two or more blocks, or pulleys, the weight being suspended of a hook block in the bight of the running part.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 May 2025
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
