Phrase Hound found 88 phrases and 24 compound words that contain burning. The most common are listed below. Open burning in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 88
- wood-burningAlternative form of woodburning: Designed to, or otherwise capable of, burning wood.
- Nero Burning
- burning bushA biblical object described in Exodus 3:1-22, used by Yahweh to communicate with Moses.
- book burningA mass burning of books, intended as a form of political and/or religious censorship.
- burning-glassA magnifying lens, as used to focus sunlight on to an object.
- slow-burningWhich burns more slowly than comparable objects.
- Burning ManAn event held annually in the western United States, focused on community, art, self-expression, and self-reliance.
- burning questionAn important and pertinent question that urgently requires an answer.
- burning timesThe era of persecution and execution of suspected witches, often incorrectly expanded to include the Early and High Middle Ages.
- flag-burningThe act of burning a flag, especially the flag of a nation as an act of protest at that nation's activities.
- ears are burningBeing the topic of discussion in another place; or sensing that this is happening.
- hydrogen burningThe nucleosynthesis process, in stars of less than 1.2 solar mass, in which hydrogen is converted to helium, deuterium and some lithium.
- bridge-burningThat burns bridges.
- burning barA thermal lance.
- burning downpresent participle and gerund of burn down
- burning houseThe furnace in which tin ores are calcined, to sublime the sulfur and arsenic from the pyrites.
- burning indexA number describing the potential amount of effort needed to contain a single fire of a particular fuel type within a certain area.
- burning lensA large convex lens or concave mirror that can concentrate the sun's rays onto a small area, heating up the area and thus resulting in ignition of the exposed surface.
- burning mirrorA concave mirror for producing heat by concentrating the sun's rays.
- burning offpresent participle and gerund of burn off
- burning outpresent participle and gerund of burn out
- burning plasmaAbbreviation of burning nuclear plasma: A plasma undergoing nuclear fusion where the amount of fusion reactions is sufficient to produce enough energy to maintain the temperature of the plasma at a level necessary for further fusion …
- burning questionsplural of burning question: An important and pertinent question that urgently requires an answer.
- burning rubberpresent participle and gerund of burn rubber
- burning uppresent participle and gerund of burn up
Compound words 24
- woodburningDesigned to, or otherwise capable of, burning wood.
- heartburningSecret enmity; discontent.
- afterburningThe injection of extra fuel into a jet engine downstream of the turbines in order to achieve extra thrust.
- barnburningVery exciting or successful.
- electroburningelectronic burning
- burninglyin a burning manner
- moorburningSynonym of moorburn: The controlled burning of moorland vegetation to encourage new growth (either heather or grassland) for the management of moorland game and wildlife or for improving the grazing potential.
- nonburningNot burning.
- overburningpresent participle and gerund of overburn
- mowburningDamage to hay caused by overheating while in storage.