Unburn

Quick meaning: Unburn is a verb meaning (intransitive) To undergo the process of burning in reverse.

Meaning

(intransitive) To undergo the process of burning in reverse.

Example Sentences

In your class last year we learned that increase in entropy is why matches burn but never unburn, why cans rust but never unrust, and why engines are never perfectly efficient.

Similarly, you cannot 'unstir' the sugar from a cup of coffee once it has been dissolved, and you never see a pile of ash in the fireplace 'unburn' to become a log of wood again.

Word Forms

• unburns
• unburning
• unburned

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include unburnt, undamaged, intact, untouched, undisturbed, unbroken.

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