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long-burning incense

long-burning incense

5.3
A stick or cone that burns slowly and makes a pleasant smell
  • noun
translation icon : incienso de larga duración
  • The long-burning incense filled the room with a calming aroma for several hours.

Examples

  • She prefers long-burning incense because it lasts throughout her meditation sessions.

  • This shop sells a wide variety of long-burning incense sticks in different scents.

  • I love the smell of long-burning incense.

  • This long-burning incense lasts for hours.

  • She prefers long-burning incense because it lasts throughout her meditation sessions.

  • The long-burning incense filled the room with a calming aroma for several hours.

  • This shop sells a wide variety of long-burning incense sticks in different scents.

Surface Forms

long-burning incense singular
long-burning incenses plural

Morphology

long-burning + incense

The phrase is directly compositional: 'long' (lasting a long time) combined with 'burning' (the act of burning) yields the adjectival meaning 'burning for a long time', so a B1 learner who knows the constituent meanings can infer it refers to incense that burns for an extended period. The structure is a regular adjective + noun combination and follows common cross-linguistic patterns, so the meaning is immediately predictable from the parts.

Etymology

Long-burning incense may come from old temple and home practices where makers made thick sticks or spiral coils so the burning would be very slow and the scent would stay long during long services. That's why it means 'incense that lasts for a long time'.