burner phone

A form of burn phone — A cell phone purchased anonymously with cash, used for only a short time and then discarded so that the owner is untraceable.

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Meanings

nounburner phone (plural burner phones)

plural burner phones

  1. alternativeAlternative form of burn phone.

    On the advice of various experts, people are locking down social media, deleting photos and private messages, removing facial recognition, or even traveling with “burner” phones to protect themselves.

    2025 August 25, Josie Harvey, “Burner phones, wiped socials: the extreme precautions for visitors to Trump’s America”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2025
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APA

burner phone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burner%20phone

MLA

“burner phone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burner%20phone. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “burner phone,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burner%20phone.

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