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burndowns

burndowns is the plural of burndown.

Meaning of burndown

Noun

burndown (plural burndowns)

  1. The use of a herbicide to destroy existing foliage.
    • Controlling weeds prior to direct seeding or transplanting peppers can involve the use of burndown or stale seedbed weed control systems[…]2012, Vincent M. Russo, Peppers: Botany, Production and Uses, page 193
  2. A kind of destructive fault in electrical equipment.
    • arcing fault burndowns
  3. In agile software development, a chart showing how much work remains to be completed.
    • Avoid creating separate status reports for management; these reports duplicate information in the sprint burndowns[…]2012, Mark C. Layton, Agile Project Management For Dummies, page 85

Questions about burndowns

What is burndowns the plural of?
Burndowns is the plural of burndown.

Words near burndowns in the dictionary

  1. burnbeat
  2. burnbeating
  3. Burnby
  4. Burnden
  5. burndown
  6. burndowns
  7. Burndred
  8. burne
  9. burned
  10. burned a hole in someone's pocket
  11. burned away

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