"controlled burn" meaning in All languages combined

See controlled burn on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: controlled burns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} controlled burn (plural controlled burns)
  1. A wildfire or brushfire set intentionally and carefully managed for purposes of fire suppression, agriculture, ecological management, etc. Categories (topical): Fire, Firefighting Synonyms: backburn, burnoff, hazard reduction burn, prescribed burn, swailing
    Sense id: en-controlled_burn-en-noun-kMyt7laj Disambiguation of Fire: 74 26 Disambiguation of Firefighting: 88 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11

Verb [English]

Forms: controlled burns [present, singular, third-person], controlled burning [participle, present], controlled burned [participle, past], controlled burned [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} controlled burn (third-person singular simple present controlled burns, present participle controlled burning, simple past and past participle controlled burned)
  1. To set and manage such a fire.
    Sense id: en-controlled_burn-en-verb-emp2jYab

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for controlled burn meaning in All languages combined (2.4kB)

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