burnoff
See also: burn off
English
Etymology
Deverbal from burn off.
Noun
burnoff (countable and uncountable, plural burnoffs)
- The act or process of burning off.
- A controlled burn of vegetation, either to clear land, or to remove fuel and mitigate future uncontrolled fires.
- 2009 March 28, Mitchell Toy, “DSE burnoff goes out of control near Anglesea”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 31 March 2009:
- The burnoff was started by DSE staff yesterday at Harrison’s track, near the Anglesea Flora Reserve.
- That which is burned off.
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