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preburn

preburn adjective: before a burn.

Adjective

preburn (not comparable)

  1. Before a burn.

Verb

preburn (third-person singular simple present preburns, present participle preburning, simple past and past participle preburned)

  1. (transitive) To burn in advance.

Forms of preburn

third-person singular presentpreburns
present participlepreburning
past participlepreburned
pastpreburned

Origin of preburn

From pre- + burn.

Questions about preburn

What does preburn mean?
Preburn means before a burn.
What part of speech is preburn?
Preburn can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near preburn in the dictionary

  1. prebunked
  2. prebunking
  3. prebunks
  4. preburial
  5. preburlesque
  6. preburn
  7. preburned
  8. preburner
  9. preburners
  10. preburning
  11. preburnished

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