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back burner

Definitions

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  • noun A section of a stove used to keep some pots warm while one focuses on others.
  • noun idiomatic A state of low urgency; a state of low current importance.

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  • noun reduced priority

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synonyms (22)

Words with the same meaning

  1. dinky
  2. dispensable
  3. immaterial
  4. inappreciable
  5. inconsequential
  6. inconsiderable
  7. inessential
  8. inferior
  9. insignificant
  10. irrelevant
  11. little
  12. minor
  13. minute
  14. negligible
  15. nonessential
  16. not vital
  17. petit
  18. small
  19. technical
  20. unessential
  21. unimpressive
  22. unnoteworthy

hypernyms (3)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. precedence
  2. precedency
  3. priority

forms (2)

Forms

  1. on the back burner
  2. put on the back burner

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