burner

American  

[bur-ner] / ˈbɜr nər /

noun

• burners
  plural

1. a person or thing that burns.

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

3. any apparatus or receptacle in which fuel or refuse is burned.

4. Informal. burner phone.

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adjective

1. temporary or disposable, often used to remain anonymous: a burner digital identity.

   burner email accounts;

   a burner digital identity.

burner British  

/ ˈbɜːnə /

noun

1. the part of a stove, lamp, etc, that produces flame or heat

2. an apparatus for burning something, as fuel or refuse

   an oil burner

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• burners
  plural

Etymology

Origin of burner

First recorded in 1350–1400, burner is from the Middle English word brenner. See burn ¹, -er ¹

Example Sentences

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burner burners

Only a small percentage of ChatGPT users, meanwhile, pay a subscription fee -- and OpenAI has put video AI and other side projects on the back burner.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

Humbled manager Leopold Aschenbrenner, whose surname means ash burner, probably will rise like a phoenix.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

The burner uses an advanced form of pressure-gain combustion and surpassed NASA's previous record of 250 seconds.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

Frank Garza said, as many perpetrators only communicate through burner social media accounts or ask for money through difficult-to-trace platforms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

He went to the stove and turned on the front burner under the coffeepot.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee

It is also far from clear whether Intel’s agreements with Nvidia, Google or Apple will be barn burners in business terms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

Balance-sheet strength: Companies funding innovation through existing cash flows will be able to access capital more readily than cash burners.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 16, 2026

The city has added heat pumps, biomass burners and electric boilers to a 1,400km network that links up nearly 90% of buildings in the Finnish capital, adds Mr Aaltonen.

From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2025

Mosley already had placed the Eagles up by 28 — catching a screen pass, making a defender miss with a step-back juke and turning on the burners for a 40-yard touchdown.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2025

After dinner he will help Sonia and Ben scrape bay leaves and lamb bones and cinnamon sticks from plates, pile them on the counters and two burners of the stove.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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