burner : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: burner	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
burner n an apparatus for burning fuel (or refuse); "a diesel engine is an oil burner" 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"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.