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— English words —

• backburner n. Alternative form of back burner.
• backburner v. (Transitive, informal) To relegate to a lower priority.
• back-burner adj. (Idiomatic) Having low urgency; not currently important.
• back-burner v. Alternative form of backburner.
• back␣burner n. (Countable) A section of a stove used to keep some pots warm while one focuses on others.
• back␣burner n. (Figurative, uncountable) A state of low urgency; a state of low current importance.

36 English words from 6 English definitions

Alternative back back␣burner burner Countable current currently Figurative focuses form Having Idiomatic importance important informal keep low lower not of␣a one others pots priority relegate section some state stove Transitive uncountable urgency used used␣to warm while

7 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

backburners back-burners back␣burners backburnered back-burnered backburnering back-burnering

One prefix (New word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

on␣the␣back␣burner

28 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ack ACK bac BAC -bac- back Back back- backburn back-burn back␣burn bur Bur bur- burn Burn burne Burne burner Burner ner NER -ner- RNE urn URN urne Urner

9 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

cab Cab CAB ENR ren REN -ren rub RUB

4 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

backburners back-burners back␣burners Brackenbury

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

backburned

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