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backburner en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From back + burner.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable) Alternative form of back burner.
    • There had been plans to extend electrification from Harrow to Rickmansworth. But when the First World War broke out in 1914, this and a new branch to Watford were placed on the backburner, along with further housing development. 2024 January 24, Stefanie Foster, “Metro-land's legacy for today's railway”, in RAIL, number 1001, page 57:

Forms

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backburners Number=Plur lexicographic

backburner en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

From back + burner.

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, informal, transitive) To relegate to a lower priority.
    • "What I noticed was that my sadness and loneliness got backburnered," she told the BBC. 2013, Lorna Stewart, BBC News, Love letters and kindness may improve mental health:

Forms

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backburnered Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
backburnered Tense=Past lexicographic
backburnering Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
backburners Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Translations (1)

de zurückstellen (to relegate to a lower priority)