burner
pronunciation
How to pronounce burner in British English:
UK [ˈbɜ:nə(r)]
How to pronounce burner in American English:
US [ˈbɜrnə(r)]
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- Noun:
- an apparatus for burning fuel (or refuse)
- the heating elements of a stove or range on which pots and pans are placed for cooking
Word Origin
- burner (n.)
- late 13c., also as a surname, Brenner, "person who makes bricks," agent noun from burn (v.)). As a name for a part of a lamp where the flame is applied, from 1790. Of gas-cooking stoves, by 1885.
Example
- 1. Don 't skimp on this calorie-free calorie burner
- 2. Another type of photo is neutral : for example , students standing around a bunsen burner .
- 3. A wood burner heats the home , and an ingenious system that pipes cool air in from underground keeps the family refrigerator at an optimum temperature .
- 4. The political infighting has forced the discussion of the country 's crippling fiscal deficit onto the back burner .
- 5. With more women focusing on their educations and careers , relationships are often put on the back burner .