Usually means: Priority requiring immediate attention, focus.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word front burner:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. front-burner, front burner: Merriam-Webster
  2. front burner: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. front burner: Collins English Dictionary
  4. front burner: Vocabulary.com
  5. front-burner: Wordnik
  6. front burner: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. front burner: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. front-burner, front burner: Dictionary.com
  9. front burner: Rhymezone
  10. front burner: FreeDictionary.org
  11. front burner: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. front burner: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. front burner: Wiktionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. front burner: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (front burner)

▸ noun:  (figurative) A state of high priority.

Similar:
front page, front runner, frontpage, gas burner, frontmost, oil burner, frontin, fire up, hot button, burning, more...

Opposite:
back burner, low priority, secondary, less urgent

Types:
single burner, double burner, triple burner, induction burner, gas burner, halogen burner, more...

Phrases:
on the front burner, more...

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Similar:
front page, front runner, frontpage, gas burner, frontmost, oil burner, frontin, fire up, hot button, burning, more...

Opposite:
back burner, low priority, secondary, less urgent

Types:
single burner, double burner, triple burner, induction burner, gas burner, halogen burner, more...

Phrases:
on the front burner, more...



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