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heartburns

heartburns is the plural of heartburn.

Meaning of heartburn

Noun

heartburn (countable and uncountable, plural heartburns)

  1. A burning pain in the chest that is caused by stomach acid entering the gullet.
    • Coordinate term: cardiodynia
  2. (figuratively) annoyance, heartache, or similar feelings.
    • ”There’s some heartburn about the fact the message is getting stepped on,” said Mark McKinnon, Bush’s campaign media strategist.2001, J. Michael Willard, The Accidental Headline, →ISBN, page 80

Questions about heartburns

What is heartburns the plural of?
Heartburns is the plural of heartburn.

Words near heartburns in the dictionary

  1. heartbrokenness
  2. heartburn
  3. heartburned
  4. heartburning
  5. heartburnings
  6. heartburns
  7. heartcare
  8. heartcut
  9. heartcuts
  10. heartcutting
  11. heartdeep

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