Word: backburner
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: back
bur
ner
Definition: To relegate to a lower priority
Morphemes:
Affix: back
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Moving or operating backward.
Affix: burn
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To increase the exposure for certain areas of a print in order to make them lighter (compare dodge ).
Affix: -er
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: A person or thing to which the root verb can satisfactorily be done.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ārius
Language: la
Decoded: -arius
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adjectives from nouns or numerals.