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Empire Square production finishes in about a month's time, so at the moment, right now, I'm just completely full on Empire Square. There's no time to do anything else. But there's a few things on the back burner, including another Blur album before too long.
Dave Rowntree

Meaning of "back burner" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BACK BURNER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BACK BURNER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Back burner is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BACK BURNER

back alley
back and fill
back and forth
back bacon
back bay
back boiler
back catalogue
back copy
back country
back cover
back crawl
back door
back down
back electromotive force
back emf
back emission
back end
back flip
back foot
back formation

WORDS THAT END LIKE BACK BURNER

afterburner
baseburner
Bunsen burner
burner
CD burner
charcoal burner
charcoal-burner
churner
corner
front burner
gas burner
incense burner
lime burner
mourner
on the back burner
page-turner
returner
sojourner
spurner
to be on the front burner
turner

Synonyms and antonyms of back burner in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «back burner» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BACK BURNER

Find out the translation of back burner to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of back burner from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «back burner» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

暌违
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

plano
570 millions of speakers

English

back burner
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वापस बर्नर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الموقد الخلفي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

назад горелки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

banho-maria
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফিরে দহনকারী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

veilleuse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pembakar belakang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sparflamme
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

後回し
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

다시 버너
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bali burner
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đầu ghi lại
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மீண்டும் பர்னர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मागुन जळणारा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

arka brülör
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bruciatore posteriore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Powrót palnika
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

назад пальника
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

arzător înapoi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πίσω καυστήρα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lange baan
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sparlåga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

iden brenner
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of back burner

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BACK BURNER»

The term «back burner» is regularly used and occupies the 67.847 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BACK BURNER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about back burner

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10 QUOTES WITH «BACK BURNER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word back burner.
1
Cristela Alonzo
My stand-up has a lot of performance in it, and I loved doing it so much that, after years, I put the idea of having a show on the back burner.
2
Dave Brat
Religion has for too long been placed on the back burner of history, when it may be one of the driving forces in history.
3
Michael Eklund
Making a movie takes a toll on your life because it's a commitment, so you put a lot on the back burner.
4
Eliot Engel
I very much regret that our administration has pushed the whole issue of Kosovo to the back burner.
5
Vince Gill
And from my place, and from the time that I went through my divorce, I also had my father pass away in the middle of all that. And it kind of made everything else just kind of like the back burner, you know.
6
Michael Learned
I got married very young and put my career on the back burner for the most part because that's what you did in those days. I've never been a pushy, ambitious type of person anyway.
7
Kacey Musgraves
I feel like, big city or small town, you can relate to following your parents' footsteps or putting your own dreams on the back burner or vices that we get caught up in - that whole cycle. That's not just a small-town thing. That's a life thing.
8
Allison Pearson
When you have kids, there's a tendency to put the marriage stew on the back burner and give it a quick stir now and then. But it's important to remember why you had children with this person.
9
Martha Reeves
The morning after my high-school graduation found me up early job hunting. The dream of college I put on the back burner.
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Dave Rowntree
Empire Square production finishes in about a month's time, so at the moment, right now, I'm just completely full on Empire Square. There's no time to do anything else. But there's a few things on the back burner, including another Blur album before too long.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BACK BURNER»

Discover the use of back burner in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to back burner and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Love on the Back Burner
Youngest in a tight-knit Italian-American family, sassy Alexandria D'Agostino has a successful marketing career and is an amazing cook (thanks to learning at the elbow of her Italian immigrant Nonna).
Barbara Oliverio, 2013
2
On the Back Burner
ItÂ's Chinese New Year, and Peichi couldnÂ't be more excited.
Diane Muldrow, 2009
3
Natural Home Heating: The Complete Guide to Renewable Energy ...
A side view of a front-to-back burner. Maintaining a Fire Starting a fire well is one thing; maintaining it successfully is another mat- ter that requires practice. One ofthe secrets of maintaining a fire is to make sure that it is always burning with a ...
Greg Pahl, 2003
4
The Back Burner & Other Stories
This collection of short stories explores the sometimes poignant, sometimes startlingly dramatic moments in the different lives of each of their central characters.
Mary Letts, 2009
5
Exploring Idioms: A Critical-Thinking Resource for Grades 4-8
Back. Burner. Definition: To be given a low priority or to postpone action that does not need immediate attention. Background: Putting something on the back burner very likely has a culinary origin. Cooks know that some foods, needing ...
Valeri R. Helterbran, 2008
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Story Land
That day you realize that those 'to do's' cannot fill you, but then do you remember the love that took the back burner. When that love took the front burners it was bright and a glowing. You felt alive and that emptiness inside seemed to fade to ...
Aaron McCuddy
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Assignment: Pentagon
Back-burner issues are much less important but still must be dealt with when time permits. Since a back-burner issue can become a front-burner issue in a heartbeat, you should not neglect backburner issues. All of this is not to be confused ...
Maj. Gen. Perry M. Smith autofilled, 2007
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Short-Term Couple Therapy
And if I know that we have to go to counseling, then I put it on the back burner and wait to bring it up here. We can't really talk to each other at all unless we are sitting here talking with someone like you. JOHN: So the distance makes you sad  ...
James M. Donovan, 2002
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Everything Must Change: Jesus, Global Crises, and a ...
Sincere spiritual seekers would attend my church, and they asked me questions I didn't have answers for—at least not satisfying answers. In my first several books, I grappled with 43. 6. 6: Simmering on the Back Burner of My Mind.
Brian McLaren, 2007
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The Obscene Chronicles
Keeping them on the back burner means showing them only a little of your overall attention, maybe ten to thirty percent, just to put a number on it. Sooner or later there comes a time where you must temporarily move the side dishes to your big ...
Michael Edwards, Adam Steele, Roger Cameron, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BACK BURNER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term back burner is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The 11 worst money mistakes to make in your 30s
Insurance in general — health, life, home, and disability — often gets put on the back burner, for two main reasons: “It's not something that's fun ... «Business Insider Australia, Jul 15»
2
Michigan woman frisked, jailed, for not renewing dog license
Rehr said she had "every intention of taking care of it. But with the end of the school year and my job, it just totally got put on the back burner.". «Chron.com, Jul 15»
3
Bobby Rainey is a great third-down back, but won't get on the field
Will that convince the Bucs (and Dirk Koetter) to give him more carries, or is he going to be on the back burner for the season again? «Bucs Nation, Jul 15»
4
Infrastructure is key to US energy future
... transmission equipment or pipelines, equally important, job creating initiatives often end up on the back burner — or face outright opposition. «Baltimore Sun, Jul 15»
5
Falling Skies: "Hunger Pains" Review
... 2nd Mass under siege and with their food storage gone, which means any advantage they had last week has been put on the back burner. «IGN, Jul 15»
6
Ritu, Parno and Paoli in Mainak's next — a family drama
... unfortunately been put on the back burner. Now, he is planning a Bengali family drama with the actress in the lead. The story revolves around ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
7
Brey feels baseball is on the 'way way back burner' for Connaughton
No the Orioles are on the way way back burner right now and I'm an Oriole fan so we are missing him probably." "He's a basketball guy. «WNDU-TV, Jul 15»
8
Bianca Dye puts breakfast radio on back burner to undergo IVF …
For the first time in her career, the 41-year-old breakfast radio presenter for i98FM is putting her work on the back burner to give herself the best ... «The Daily Telegraph, Jun 15»
9
Gay rights still on the back burner in T&T
For the politicians, gay rights continue to be an issue that remains on the back burner. Following the landmark ruling of the United States ... «Trinidad & Tobago Express, Jun 15»
10
Michele McGrath: 'I'm putting modelling on the back burner so I can …
While Mihcele is still signed with Andrea Roche's modelling agencies, she plans to put her catwalk career on the back burner in favour of other ... «Goss.ie, Jun 15»

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