"backburn" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: backburns [plural]
Etymology: back + burn Etymology templates: {{compound|en|back|burn}} back + burn Head templates: {{en-noun}} backburn (plural backburns)
  1. A controlled burn, lit in the path of a wildfire, in order to deprive it of combustible material. Categories (topical): Fire, Firefighting Translations (prescribed burn): modbrand [common-gender] (Danish), motbrann [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål)
    Sense id: en-backburn-en-noun-5x1vBThf Disambiguation of Fire: 86 14 Disambiguation of Firefighting: 95 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 91 9

Verb [English]

Forms: backburns [present, singular, third-person], backburning [participle, present], backburned [participle, past], backburned [past]
Etymology: back + burn Etymology templates: {{compound|en|back|burn}} back + burn Head templates: {{en-verb}} backburn (third-person singular simple present backburns, present participle backburning, simple past and past participle backburned)
  1. To light a fire for this reason.
    Sense id: en-backburn-en-verb-cevvXr-d

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