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burnoff

burnoff noun: the act or process of burning off.

Noun

burnoff (countable and uncountable, plural burnoffs)

  1. The act or process of burning off.
  2. A controlled burn of vegetation, either to clear land, or to remove fuel and mitigate future uncontrolled fires.
    • The burnoff was started by DSE staff yesterday at Harrison’s track, near the Anglesea Flora Reserve.2009 March 28, Mitchell Toy, “DSE burnoff goes out of control near Anglesea”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2009
  3. That which is burned off.

Forms of burnoff

pluralburnoffs

Origin of burnoff

Deverbal from burn off.

Questions about burnoff

What does burnoff mean?
Burnoff means the act or process of burning off.
What part of speech is burnoff?
Burnoff is a noun.
What is the plural of burnoff?
The plural of burnoff is burnoffs.

Words near burnoff in the dictionary

  1. burnlet
  2. burnlets
  3. Burnley
  4. burnlike
  5. Burnmouth
  6. burnoff
  7. burnoffs
  8. Burnomania
  9. burnoose
  10. burnoosed
  11. burnooses

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