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back-burn

back-burn is the alternative spelling of backburn.

Meaning of backburn

Noun

backburn (plural backburns)

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

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Forms of back-burn

pluralback-burns

Questions about back-burn

What is back-burn the alternative spelling of?
Back-burn is the alternative spelling of backburn.

Words near back-burn in the dictionary

  1. back-breaking
  2. back-build
  3. back-building
  4. back-builds
  5. back-built
  6. back-burn
  7. back-burner
  8. back-burnered
  9. back-burnering
  10. back-burners
  11. back-burns

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