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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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