burn off
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.51 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To dispose of (unusable explosive natural gas from an oil well) by burning it as it emerges from the well.
Intransitive verb; Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonyms: burn away, burn up"
- "The weather by the beach can be considerably cooler—ten degrees or more— and usually starts with fog and haze that burn off by late morning."
- "When he tried to light the cigarette in his mouth, he discovered he was about to burn off the filter and a fair bit of his mouth."
- "Near-synonym: burn up"
- "It's to encourage boys to burn off excess energy."
- "To get rid of just 0.5kg (1lb) of excess fat you must burn off around 3500 calories."