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moonburns

moonburns is the plural of moonburn.

Meaning of moonburn

Noun

moonburn (countable and uncountable, plural moonburns)

  1. (humorous) A hypothetical burn on the skin caused by excess exposure to moonlight.
    • Researchers say the light of the full moon causes the Earth to heat up, ever so slightly. "Moonburn is not a problem," climate expert Robert C. Balling said.1995 March 10, “Moonlight Causes Slight Warming on Earth, Study Finds”, in Los Angeles Times

Questions about moonburns

What is moonburns the plural of?
Moonburns is the plural of moonburn.

Words near moonburns in the dictionary

  1. moonbows
  2. moonbrain
  3. moonbrains
  4. Moonbria
  5. moonburn
  6. moonburns
  7. mooncake
  8. mooncakes
  9. mooncalf
  10. mooncalves
  11. moonchild

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Adapted from Wiktionary: moonburns (page history and authors); moonburn (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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