burn down

Questions about burn down

What does burn down mean?

burn down means "burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for burn down?

Close synonyms include burn up, go up, burn, fire. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is burn down a common word?

burn down is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.