back burner
A section of a stove used to keep some pots warm while one focuses on othersA section of a stove used to keep some pots warm while one focuses on others.
» Tom put his career on the back burner and became a house husband, to enable Mary to pursue her career.
Tom stellte seine Karriere zurück und wurde zum Hausmann, um Maria zu ermöglichen, der ihrigen nachzugehen.
Meaning
2 senses(countable)A section of a stove used to keep some pots warm while one focuses on others.
(figuratively, uncountable)A state of low urgency; a state of low current importance.
We'll put next year's Christmas party on the back burner until we deal with the current financial crisis.
- reduced priority
Examples
5 sentencesTom put his career on the back burner and became a house husband, to enable Mary to pursue her career.
deTom stellte seine Karriere zurück und wurde zum Hausmann, um Maria zu ermöglichen, der ihrigen nachzugehen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
This project has been put on the back burner.
ruЭтот проект был отодвинут на второй план. — marafon
Their dog was left on the back-burner once they had their baby.
I think we're going to need to put this project on the back burner for a little while.
ruДумаю, нам придётся приостановить на какое-то время этот проект. — odexed
deIch denke, wir werden dieses Projekt eine Zeitlang auf Eis legen müssen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
For years, agriculture was placed on the back burner in Algeria.
Forms
plural: back burnersAntonyms
1 antonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable