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burnoff en · NOUN

Etymology

Deverbal from burn off.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act or process of burning off.
2. (countable, uncountable) A controlled burn of vegetation, either to clear land, or to remove fuel and mitigate future uncontrolled fires.
   • The burnoff was started by DSE staff yesterday at Harrison’s track, near the Anglesea Flora Reserve. 2009 March 28, Mitchell Toy, “DSE burnoff goes out of control near Anglesea”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2009:
3. (countable, uncountable) That which is burned off.

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