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burn-up

burn-up is the alternative form of burnup.

Meaning of burnup

Noun

burnup (countable and uncountable, plural burnups)

  1. A measure of the consumption of fuel in a nuclear reactor.
  2. (dated) A high-speed ride in or on a motorcycle or other vehicle.
    • He went for a burnup on the motorway

Forms of burn-up

pluralburn-ups

Questions about burn-up

What is burn-up the alternative form of?
Burn-up is the alternative form of burnup.

Words near burn-up in the dictionary

  1. burn-in
  2. burn-mouth-vine
  3. burn-out
  4. burn-outs
  5. burn-the-wind
  6. burn-up
  7. burn-ups
  8. burnabilities
  9. burnability
  10. burnable
  11. burnables

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Adapted from Wiktionary: burn-up (page history and authors); burnup (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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