burner
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.
temporary or disposable, often used to remain anonymous: burner email accounts;a burner digital identity.
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How to use burner in a sentence
Denzel Washington in Philadelphia: “There was something like that [with Philadelphia] where I was on the back-burner.”
Bill Murray’s Words of Wisdom: On Comedy, the Greatness of In-N-Out, and Searching For Great Love | Marlow Stern | October 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe is, however, obedient about not turning on the stove burner without permission.
He testified that he immediately got to work with a set of “burner” phones bought on company expenses.
“Growing up, my grandmother always had fideo going on her simple four-burner stove,” he said.
And while his Town & Country photo shoot nearly broke the Internet, modeling is on the back burner: “Acting is my first priority.”
Scott Eastwood Is More Than Just Clint’s Smokin’ Hot Son | Anna Klassen | September 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
I pointed through the woods to a bit of clearing made by a charcoal burner.
The Soldier of the Valley | Nelson LloydIs he like Duclosse the mealman, or Lajeunesse the blacksmith, or Garotte the lime-burner-and the rest?
When Valmond Came to Pontiac, Complete | Gilbert ParkerThe little hut of the lime-burner was beyond in a hollow, and behind that again was a lean-to, like a small shed or stable.
When Valmond Came to Pontiac, Complete | Gilbert ParkerThe hall is lighted with gas, and the burner is placed between the two doors.
Stories about Animals: with Pictures to Match | Francis C. WoodworthAt the high temperature of the triple burner, a semi-solid, red, greasy substance collected in and closed the condenser tube.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron) | William Anderson Syme
British Dictionary definitions for burner
/ (ˈbɜːnə) /
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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