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book-burnings

book-burnings is the plural of book-burning.

Meaning of book-burning

Noun

book-burning (countable and uncountable, plural book-burnings)

  1. The practice of destroying books by fire because of moral, religious or political objections to the material they contain.
  2. An event where books are burned.
    • […] only a month after 75 students there held a public bookburning of their student handbok for its gay content.1981 February 14, Joanne Brown, “Feminist Starts Uproar By Putting Up Sticker”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 29, page 3

Questions about book-burnings

What is book-burnings the plural of?
Book-burnings is the plural of book-burning.

Words near book-burnings in the dictionary

  1. book-building
  2. book-buildings
  3. book-burner
  4. book-burners
  5. book-burning
  6. book-burnings
  7. book-case
  8. book-cases
  9. book-cloth
  10. book-cloths
  11. book-crab

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