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burning

burning

4 6.0
Writing data onto a CD or DVD disc
  • noun
  • /ˈbɜrnɪŋ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : grabación en disco
  • The burning of files onto a DVD allows users to create their own backups.
  • disc burning
  • CD burning
  • DVD burning

Examples

  • The production master can now be created and finalized as an audio CD using "Disk at Once," an option available on most CD-burning software that allows you to burn all songs in one continuous session.

    Academic text (2006)
  • I set the burning speed to the slowest possible.

    Blog text (2)
  • K3B and GnomeBaker are popular CD/DVD burning apps.

    Blog text (25)
  • Many software programs are available for burning data onto optical discs like CDs and DVDs.

  • With modern technology, burning music onto a CD can be done in just a few minutes.

Antonyms

287 2.0

To remove information like text or files so it cannot be seen

144 1.6

Remove marks, writing, or digital files so they are no longer visible

Idioms

1 9.5

Asking someone if people have just been talking about them

Make the home warm and caring while someone is away

1 8.8

A sudden sense that people are talking about you, often when your name is said

1 9.0

You feel that people are talking about you when you are not there

9.9

To have a wild, loud party with dancing and music

Compounds

burning question
  • Informal
11 3.5

An urgent question that needs a quick answer

8 3.5

Using wood to make heat for a room or for cooking

A way of killing someone by tying them to a post and setting them on fire as punishment

burning bush
  • Literature
5 8.0

A bush on fire that God used to speak to Moses in the Bible

book burning
  • Offensive
2 7.2

Destroying books on purpose to stop political or religious ideas

clean-burning
  • Specialized
1 5.3

Produces little smoke or ash when burned

1 3.9

Using coal for heat or electricity

1 3.2

Making electricity or heat by using coal as fuel

A shrub with bright red or purple leaves used for decoration

burning bush
  • Specialized
9.1

A plant with white flowers that gives off a gas that can burn in hot weather

9.9

A period in Europe when many people accused of being witches are killed, often by burning at the stake

free burning
  • Specialized
8.3

A fire that keeps going in open air, often like an electric arc

A stick or cone that burns slowly and makes a pleasant smell

A log that gives steady heat for hours in a fire

A strong feeling of love or interest that grows slowly

A stove that controls the air so the fuel gives heat for many hours

Surface Forms

burning singular
burnings plural

Morphology

burning = burn (semi-transparent) = burn + ing

The technical sense ('burn a CD') is a metaphorical extension of physical burning; form is regular but the action is non-literal.

Etymology

Burning comes from the verb burn, which means 'to set on fire', and people used that image for a laser marking a disc; so to burn a CD means to write or record data by making tiny marks on its surface.