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front burner

front burner noun: a state of high priority.

Noun

front burner (plural front burners)

  1. (figuratively) A state of high priority.
    • At a moment in American history when homosexuality was already a front-burner issue, Kinsey's report added fuel to the fire.2001, Susan Stryker, Queer Pulp, page 11
    Antonyms:
    back burner

Antonyms of front burner

Forms of front burner

pluralfront burners

Words formed from front burner

Questions about front burner

What does front burner mean?
Front burner means a state of high priority.
What part of speech is front burner?
Front burner is a noun.
What is the plural of front burner?
The plural of front burner is front burners.

Words near front burner in the dictionary

  1. front bottoms
  2. front bum
  3. front bumper
  4. front bumpers
  5. front bums
  6. front burner
  7. front burners
  8. front butt
  9. front butts
  10. front companies
  11. front company

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