The practice of destroying books by fire because of moral, religious or political objections to the material they contain. / An event where books are burned

(India) A flat area near the top of a river ghat where Hindus burn their dead; a funeral pyre.

Synonym of Indian sunburn

present participle of burn down

plural of carpet burn

(slang) A book for writing unpleasant information about others.

(transitive) To cause (a structure) to burn to nothing. / (intransitive, of a structure) To burn completely, so that nothing remains.

(idiomatic, colloquial) Being the topic of discussion in another place; or sensing that this is happening.

(slang) The prank of grabbing a victim's forearm in both hands and twisting the skin in opposite directions.

(US, informal, euphemistic) God damn