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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

backburn

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
back-burn
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A controlled burn, lit in the path of a wildfire, in order to deprive it of combustible material.

verb

To light a fire for this reason.

Etymology

From back + burn.

Inflected Forms

backburns (plural) backburns (present, singular) backburning (participle, present) backburned (participle, past) backburned (past) backburnt (participle, past) backburnt (past)

Questions

What does backburn mean?
A controlled burn, lit in the path of a wildfire, in order to deprive it of combustible material.
Where does backburn come from?
From back + burn.

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