10 definitions found for burner

Burner BURN'ER, n. A person who burns or sets fire to any thing.

burner n 1: an apparatus for burning fuel (or refuse); "a diesel engine is an oil burner" 2: 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"

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burner
n. the part of a gas cooker, lamp, etc. that emits and shapes the flame.
Phrases and idioms:
on the back (or front) burner colloq. receiving little (or much) attention.

burner (burners) A burner is a device which produces heat or a flame, especially as part of a cooker, stove, or heater. He put the frying pan on the gas burner. N-COUNT see also back burner, front burner

burner ˈbə:nə n. the part of a gas cooker, lamp, etc. that emits and shapes the flame. øon the back (or front) burner colloq. receiving little (or much) attention.

BURNER A clap. The blowen tipped the swell a burner; the girl gave the gentleman a clap.

BURNER He is no burner of navigable rivers; i.e. he is no conjuror, or man of extraordinary abilities; or rather, he is, but a simple fellow. See THAMES.

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.

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