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ever-burning

ever-burning adjective: always burning.

Adjective

ever-burning (not comparable)

  1. Always burning.
    • The ever-burning candle dedicated to prisoners of war gave a reddish glow to the entire space.2012, Kaye Michelle, Return of the Heroine, →ISBN
    • He had never heard of the Arc de Triomphe nor did he know that it was the tomb of France's Unknown Warrior, though his companions did try to explain the significance of “the ever-burning flame.”2012, Leonard Mosley, Lindbergh: A Biography, →ISBN

Forms of ever-burning

alternative formeverburning

Questions about ever-burning

What does ever-burning mean?
Ever-burning means always burning.
What part of speech is ever-burning?
Ever-burning is an adjective.

Words near ever-burning in the dictionary

  1. ever smoker
  2. ever smokers
  3. ever so
  4. ever'body
  5. ever-bearing
  6. ever-burning
  7. ever-busy
  8. ever-changing
  9. ever-damned
  10. ever-growing
  11. ever-lasting

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