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BURNERS
Noun
Burners
plural of Burner
Anagrams
• Bruners, reburns
Noun
burners
plural of burner
Anagrams
• Bruners, reburns
Source: Wiktionary
BURNER
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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