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aburn

/əˈbɜː(ɹ)n/

aburn adjective: burning.

Adjective

aburn (not comparable)

  1. burning
    • First we could see only outlines, then bright beads of light from the torches themselves, and by the time a thousand torches were all aburn, we could see for more than fifty yards.1961, Frederik Pohl, Turn Left at Thursday

Origin of aburn

From a- + burn.

Questions about aburn

What does aburn mean?
Aburn means burning.
What part of speech is aburn?
Aburn is an adjective.
How do you pronounce aburn?
Aburn is pronounced /əˈbɜː(ɹ)n/.

Words near aburn in the dictionary

  1. aburdened
  2. aburdening
  3. aburdens
  4. Abure
  5. Abureni
  6. aburn
  7. aburst
  8. Aburto
  9. aburton
  10. Aburtos
  11. ABUs

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