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
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The first was in June of last year, when a young burro was found grazing with an arrow in her side along Pigeon Pass Road in Moreno Valley, according to information DonkeyLand posted on Facebook.
—Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
There's also a carne adovada burro, made with chunks of pork marinated in Hatch red chile.
—Eddie Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 24 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
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Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
There's also a carne adovada burro, made with chunks of pork marinated in Hatch red chile.
—Eddie Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 24 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
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“Burro.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burro. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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