plural burros
: donkey sense 1
The farm boasted an array of animals including goats, a burro, geese, ducks, chickens and an Irish water spaniel named Mr. Dooley …—
Dorothy and John Tarrant
Dorothy and John Tarrant
especially
: a small donkey used as a pack animal
… bought a burro on which to pack their kit. —Frank Norris
Frank Norris Figures darker than the gloom approached and took shape, and in the light turned out to be those of a white man and a heavily packed burro. —Zane Grey
Zane Grey 
Examples of burro in a Sentence
used a burro to carry the supplies
Recent Examples on the Web
Leadville Boom Days celebrates the Old West with burro races, mining skill contests, gunslingers and a street fair with more than 100 food and craft booths.
—Sarah Kuta, The Denver Post, 21 May 2024
After more than half a century of service, Jorge the burro is facing eviction.
—Christian Orozco, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2024
The cacio e burro is still one of my favorite dishes there.
—Laura May Todd Enea Arienti, New York Times, 17 May 2024
Beyond the federal protections, burros are also considered iconic to the American West, advocates said in the statement.
—Brooke Baitinger, Sacramento Bee, 9 May 2024
Land management officials revealed new clues that will hopefully lead to a breakthrough in the killing of 19 burros along a California highway in 2019.
—Brooke Baitinger, Sacramento Bee, 9 May 2024
From the Archives heads up today to North County for this shot of the San Pasqual Valley and one of its residents, Jose Antonio Morales, in 1920 with his buggy and burro.
—U-T Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2024
Some still use burros to lug water from the well uphill to the village.
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
The bullet removed from that burro was fired from Arnet’s rifle, prosecutors said.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
Sarah Kuta, The Denver Post, 21 May 2024
After more than half a century of service, Jorge the burro is facing eviction.
—Christian Orozco, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2024
The cacio e burro is still one of my favorite dishes there.
—Laura May Todd Enea Arienti, New York Times, 17 May 2024
Beyond the federal protections, burros are also considered iconic to the American West, advocates said in the statement.
—Brooke Baitinger, Sacramento Bee, 9 May 2024
Land management officials revealed new clues that will hopefully lead to a breakthrough in the killing of 19 burros along a California highway in 2019.
—Brooke Baitinger, Sacramento Bee, 9 May 2024
From the Archives heads up today to North County for this shot of the San Pasqual Valley and one of its residents, Jose Antonio Morales, in 1920 with his buggy and burro.
—U-T Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2024
Some still use burros to lug water from the well uphill to the village.
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
The bullet removed from that burro was fired from Arnet’s rifle, prosecutors said.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
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“Burro.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burro. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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