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- [burn]
- /bɜrn/
- /ˈfɜːst dɪ.ˈɡriː bɜːn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [burn]
- /bɜrn/
Definitions of first-degree burn words
- noun first-degree burn a burned place or area: a burn where fire had ripped through the forest. 1
- noun first-degree burn Pathology. an injury usually caused by heat but also by abnormal cold, chemicals, poison gas, electricity, or lightning, and characterized by a painful reddening and swelling of the epidermis (first-degree burn) damage extending into the dermis, usually with blistering (second-degree burn) or destruction of the epidermis and dermis extending into the deeper tissue with loss of pain receptors (third-degree burn) 1
- noun first-degree burn slow burn. 1
- noun first-degree burn the process or an instance of burning or baking, as in brickmaking. 1
- noun first-degree burn a forest or brush fire. 1
- noun first-degree burn the firing of a rocket engine. 1
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Origin of first-degree burn
First appearance:
before 1920 One of the 12% newest English words
First recorded in 1920-25
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Parts of speech for First-degree burn
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
first-degree burn popularity
This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 1% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
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