burning
- noun
- /ˈbɜrnɪŋ/
- Specialized
- The burning of files onto a DVD allows users to create their own backups.
- disc burning
- CD burning
- DVD burning
Examples
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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.
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With modern technology, burning music onto a CD can be done in just a few minutes.
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
A sudden sense that people are talking about you, often when your name is said
- Informal
You feel that people are talking about you when you are not there
Compounds
- NSFW
A way of killing someone by tying them to a post and setting them on fire as punishment
- Specialized
A plant with white flowers that gives off a gas that can burn in hot weather
- NSFW
A period in Europe when many people accused of being witches are killed, often by burning at the stake
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.