burro

noun

ˈbər-(ˌ)ō How to pronounce burro (audio)
Definition of burronext
as in donkey
a sturdy and patient domestic mammal that is used especially to carry things used a burro to carry the supplies

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Recent Examples of burro Before leaving the state, the one-time gold mining town of Oatman features a Wild West atmosphere, daily staged shootouts and beloved burros. — Susan Montoya Bryan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026 Vote for your favorite Mexican restaurant and name your burro champion. — Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 31 Mar. 2026 Once a gold rush boomtown, Oatman was largely abandoned when the gold miners downed their pickaxes and skipped town—leaving behind a herd of long-eared burros. — Zoey Goto, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2026 The same goes for ground covers like hens and chicks or trailing plants like burro's tail. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 26 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for burro
Recent Examples of Synonyms for burro
  1. donkey
  2. mule
Noun
  • The story turns Hishem, on a customs officer on the Algerian-Tunisian border, who encounters Tesla, a donkey lost in the desert with headphones over his ears, with a bag of cocaine on his back.
    — Annika Pham, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Eidelman said her son eventually moved on to mare's milk and donkey milk.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of donkey
Noun
  • Johnson is currently working on another small Canadian film, a true-story caper about a Vice editor’s side hustle as a drug-mule recruiter with Finn Wolfhard slated for the lead.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 29 July 2026
  • Merchant galleons coursing into the port of Caldera would be groaning with cacao, tobacco, livestock and hardwoods, transported down by mule from the transit hub of Esparza in the mountain basin above.
    — Donna Hardie-Scott, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of mule

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“Burro.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burro. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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