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gas burner

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noun
  1. the tip, jet, or nozzle from which gas issues, as on a stove.
  2. a stove or the like that burns gas as a fuel.
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Origin of gas burner

First recorded in 1805–15
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Examples from the Web for gas burner

Historical Examples

  • The flame from a gas-burner will answer as well as the spirit-lamp.

    Every Boy's Book: A Complete Encyclopdia of Sports and Amusements

    Various

  • The first gas-burner was a very simple and unpretentious contrivance.

    Gas Burners

    Owen Merriman

  • I struck a wax match and touched it to the gas-burner overhead.

    In Search of the Unknown

    Robert W. Chambers

  • Bentham gazed meditatively at the round black mark of the gas-burner where it darkened the ceiling.

  • The gas-burner first employed by Murdock received the name "cockspur" from the shape of the flame.

    Artificial Light

    M. Luckiesh

British Dictionary definitions for gas burner

gas burner

noun
  1. Also called: gas jet a jet or nozzle from which a combustible gas issues in order to form a stable flame
  2. an assembly of such jets or nozzles, used esp in cooking
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