English Explanatory Dictionary

burner

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone or something that physically burns or causes something else to burn.
  2. An element on a kitchen stove, hob, or cooktop that generates localized heat for cooking.
  3. A device that generates localized heat for experiments; a Bunsen burner.
  4. A device that burns fuel; e.g. a diesel engine; a hot-air balloon's propulsion system.
  5. A device for burning refuse; an incinerator.
  6. A device that records data or music to an optical disc, such as a CD-R or DVD-RW.
  7. Ellipsis of burner phone, a mobile phone used for only a short time and then thrown away so that the owner cannot be traced.
  8. An app that creates temporary phone numbers for a user.
  9. Ellipsis of burner account.
  10. An elaborate piece of graffiti.
  11. A pyrotechnic tear gas canister.
  12. A gun.
noun
  1. A participant in the Burning Man festival.

Pronunciation

/ˈbɜːnə/ /ˈbɝnɚ/ En-au-burner.ogg

Word forms

burner burners

Etymology

From burn + -er. Merged with and eclipsed related Middle English brennar, brennere (“an incendiary, incinerator”). Compare German Brenner (“burner”), Swedish brännare (“burner”).

Synonyms

eye ring

Derived words

after-burner afterburner alcohol burner Argand burner backburner back-burner barn burner barnburner base-burner baseburner beehive burner Blu-ray burner book-burner bra burner Bude burner burnerless CD burner charcoal burner coal burner dinosaur-burner DVD burner fishtail burner flash burner front burner gas burner hairburner hellburner hyperburner incense burner log burner log-burner Meker burner Meker-Fisher burner mortgage burner oat burner oat-burner oil burner oil burner route on the back burner pilot burner preburner rice burner rickburner roadburner rose burner rosette burner slow burner sun-burner tart burner Teclu burner teepee burner triple burner Welsbach burner wigwam burner wood burner worm burner
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