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baseburner

or base burn·er, base-burn·er

[ beys-bur-ner ]
/ ˈbeɪsˌbɜr nər /
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noun

a stove or furnace with a self-acting fuel hopper over the fire chamber.

RELATED WORDS

runner

Nearby words

  1. baseball glove,
  2. baseballer,
  3. baseband,
  4. baseboard,
  5. baseborn,
  6. basecoat,
  7. based,
  8. basedow's disease,
  9. basehearted,
  10. basel

Origin of baseburner

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75; base1 + burner
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British Dictionary definitions for baseburner

baseburner

/ (ˈbeɪsˌbɜːnə) /

noun

US a stove into which coal is automatically fed from a hopper above the fire chamber
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