Definitions for back burner
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
back′ burn′er(n.)
a condition of low priority or temporary deferment:
issues put on the back burner until after the election.
Category: Common Vocabulary
Origin of back burner:
1945–50
Princeton's WordNet
back burner(noun)
reduced priority
"dozens of cases were put on the back burner"
Wiktionary
back burner(Noun)
A section of a stove used to keep some pots warm while one focuses on others.
back burner(Noun)
A state of low urgency; a state of low current importance.
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