Burner Definition

bûrnər
burners
noun
One that burns, especially:
American Heritage
The part of a stove, furnace, etc. from which the flame or heat comes.
Webster's New World
An apparatus for burning fuel or trash; furnace, incinerator, etc.
Webster's New World
An incinerator.
American Heritage
A device for copying digital data onto a CD, DVD, etc.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
idiom
on the back burner
  • As a low priority:

    kept the project on the back burner all summer.

American Heritage
on the front burner
  • As a high priority.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Burner

Noun

Singular:
burner
Plural:
burners

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Burner

Burner Sentence Examples

  • Then he lit the pilot light and set the coffeepot over a burner again.

  • Alex replaced the pot on the burner and resumed his place at the table.

  • She placed the skillet on the stove and turned the burner on to dry it thoroughly.

  • Hold a small portion of the substance moistened with hydrochloric acid on a clean platinum wire in the fusion zone' of the Bunsen burner, and note any colour imparted to the flame.

  • By this method even such metals as iron and copper may be made to show some of their characteristic lines in the Bunsen burner.

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Words Starting With

BBUBUR

Words Ending With

RERNER

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burner

Words Starting With B and Ending With R

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With B6 Letter Words Ending With R