BURNER

burner

(noun) an apparatus for burning fuel (or refuse); “a diesel engine is an oil burner”

burner

(noun) the heating elements of a stove or range on which pots and pans are placed for cooking; “the electric range had one large burner and three smaller one”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

burner (plural burners)

Someone or something which burns.

An element on a kitchen stove that generates localized heat for cooking.

Synonym: ring

Hyponym: back burner

(chemistry) A device that generates localized heat for experiments; a Bunsen burner.

A device that burns fuel; e.g. a diesel engine; a hot-air balloon's propulsion system.

A device for burning refuse; an incinerator.

(computing) A device that allows data or music to be stored on a CDR or CD-ROM.

(slang) Short for burner phone; a mobile phone used for only a short time and then thrown away so that the owner cannot be traced.

(computing) An app that creates temporary phone numbers for a user.

(slang) An elaborate piece of graffiti.

(slang) A pyrotechnic tear gas canister.

(slang) A gun.

Alternative letter-case form of Burner (“participant in Burning Man”).

Anagrams

• Bruner, reburn

Noun

Burner (plural Burners)

A participant in the Burning Man festival.

Anagrams

• Bruner, reburn

Source: Wiktionary


Burn"er, n.

1. One who, or that which, burns or sets fire to anything.

2. The part of a lamp, gas fixture, etc., where the flame is produced. Bunsen's burner (Chem.), a kind of burner, invented by Professor Bunsen of Heidelberg, consisting of a straight tube, four or five inches in length, having small holes for the entrance of air at the bottom. Illuminating gas being also admitted at the bottom, a mixture of gas and air is formed which burns at the top with a feebly luminous but intensely hot flame.

– Argand burner, Rose burner, etc. See under Argand, Rose, etc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 September 2024

TRAINED

(adjective) shaped or conditioned or disciplined by training; often used as a combining form; “a trained mind”; “trained pigeons”; “well-trained servants”


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