burnoff

See also: burn off

English

Etymology

Deverbal from burn off.

Noun

burnoff (countable and uncountable, plural burnoffs)

1. The act or process of burning off.
2. A controlled burn of vegetation, either to clear land, or to remove fuel and mitigate future uncontrolled fires.
   • 2009 March 28, Mitchell Toy, “DSE burnoff goes out of control near Anglesea”, in Herald Sun‎^[1], archived from the original on 31 March 2009:

     The burnoff was started by DSE staff yesterday at Harrison’s track, near the Anglesea Flora Reserve.

3. That which is burned off.