burner

[ bur-ner ]

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noun

a person or thing that burns.
that part of a gas fixture, lamp, etc., from which flame issues or in which it is produced.

any apparatus or receptacle in which fuel or refuse is burned.
Informal. burner phone.

adjective

temporary or disposable, often used to remain anonymous: burner email accounts;a burner digital identity.

Origin of burner

First recorded in 1350–1400, burner is from the Middle English word brenner. See burn¹, -er¹

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How to use burner in a sentence

Lots of everyday tasks are effective calorie burners on those busy days.
7 FitBit Hacks to Burn More Calories in 2014 | Megan Humphreys | January 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Winston Ross looks at PGPs, secret phone apps, and burners like on The Wire to cloak your digital trail.
How to Keep the NSA at Bay: The Tricks From Privacy Experts | Winston Ross | June 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Rather than risk losing anybody else, the cops employed “burners”—tear-gas canisters—that had an incendiary effect.
Det. Jeremiah MacKay: Proud New Father Killed in Christopher Dorner Shootout | Michael Daly | February 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Stainless signalled higher BTUs coming out of the burners, bigger ovens, and so forth.
Beyond Stainless | Megan McArdle | October 19, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
The master preferred electric burners, even smooth-top cooking.
My Dinners With James Beard | John Ferrone | November 3, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST

Simple upright pipes, surmounted by ordinary burners constitute their sum and substance.
Our Churches and Chapels | Atticus
At night the whole place is lighted in the same manner, by ordinary gas burners attached to the walls.
Birds and All Nature, Vol. VI, No. 3, October 1899 | Various
Candles, matches, and if possible small alcoholic burners are very essential things.
Private Peat | Harold R. Peat
The men—the lime-burners—were not long gone, and the culm was still burning.
My New Curate | P.A. Sheehan
When the faucet is closed, the gas supply is shut off and the burners are put out.
Elements of Plumbing | Samuel Dibble

British Dictionary definitions for burner

burner

/ (ˈbɜːnə) /

noun

the part of a stove, lamp, etc, that produces flame or heat
an apparatus for burning something, as fuel or refuse: an oil burner

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