Definitions for back-burner

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back-burner back burner

Back-Burner is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 341 anagrams from letters in back-burner (-abbceknrru).

Definitions for back-burner

noun

1. a condition of low priority or temporary deferment (usually used in the phrase on the back burner):

Origin of back-burner

First recorded in 1945-50; from the custom in cooking of placing pots not requiring immediate attention toward the rear of the stove

Examples for back-burner

Denzel Washington in Philadelphia: “There was something like that [with Philadelphia] where I was on the back-burner.”