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burn phones

burn phones is the plural of burn phone.

Meaning of burn phone

Noun

burn phone (plural burn phones)

  1. (informal) A cell phone purchased anonymously with cash, used for only a short time and then discarded so that the owner is untraceable.
    • Diesel handed me a burn cell phone. A burn cell phone was a pre-paid phone that you'd use once, then throw it away. I needed to call Gabby and make my burn phone not a burn phone. I dialed the number and prepared for awkward. “Hello?” Gabby's voice came through the phone quietly.2012, Bruce A. Sarte, The Insider's Story, Bucks County Publishing, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    burner, trap phone

Questions about burn phones

What is burn phones the plural of?
Burn phones is the plural of burn phone.

Words near burn phones in the dictionary

  1. burn one's toast
  2. burn out
  3. burn outs
  4. burn pavement
  5. burn phone
  6. burn phones
  7. burn pit
  8. burn pits
  9. burn rate
  10. burn rates
  11. burn rubber

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