Meaning of BURNER
| Pronunciation: | | 'burnur
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- [n] an apparatus for burning fuel (or refuse); "a diesel engine is an oil burner"
- [n] 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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| | See Also: | | apparatus, blowlamp, blowtorch, gas bracket, gas burner, gas jet, heating element, setup, torch | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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