BURNUP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does burnup mean? 

• BURNUP (noun)
  The noun BURNUP has 2 senses:

1. a high-speed motorcycle race on a public road

2. the amount of fuel used up (as in a nuclear reactor)

  Familiarity information: BURNUP used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BURNUP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A high-speed motorcycle race on a public road

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("burnup" is a kind of...):

race (a contest of speed)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Domain usage:

argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))

Sense 2

Meaning:

The amount of fuel used up (as in a nuclear reactor)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("burnup" is a kind of...):

consumption; expenditure; using up (the act of consuming something)