BACK BURNER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does back burner mean? 

• BACK BURNER (noun)
  The noun BACK BURNER has 1 sense:

1. reduced priority

  Familiarity information: BACK BURNER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BACK BURNER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Reduced priority

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Context example:

dozens of cases were put on the back burner

Hypernyms ("back burner" is a kind of...):

precedence; precedency; priority (status established in order of importance or urgency)

Antonym:

front burner (top priority)