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noun

the tip, jet, or nozzle from which gas issues, as on a stove.

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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How to use gas burner in a sentence

I’m sure that didn’t count the vagrant who ran out the back door and left the gas burners he had been using for heat on or the construction workers who left their burger wrappings and half consumed shakes in the bedroom.
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His project was the development of an efficient hybrid gas burner.
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Security officials told Agence France-Presse that the gas station manager said he had recognized the two men.
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Unconfirmed reports in the French media claimed that the brothers were spotted at a gas station in northern France on Thursday.
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Total oil production figures include crude oil, natural gas liquids, and other liquid energy products.
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On top of oil, the United States produces significantly more natural gas than Saudi Arabia.
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Her slight miscalculation of how to fix the situation leads to her driving around the gas pump.
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For comparison, the gas may be passed through a test-tube containing an equal amount of distilled water.
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It is allowed to cool, and hydrogen sulphid gas is passed through it for about five minutes.
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You could not see the water till you got close up, and at a distance only the rows of gas jets were apparent.
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Gas, it is clear, could not be carried into a hostile country or into remote and nearly inaccessible districts.
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In its pure state it is a transparent and colourless gas, having a peculiar pungent smell, and highly soluble in water.
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British Dictionary definitions for gas burner

gas burner

noun

Also called: gas jet a jet or nozzle from which a combustible gas issues in order to form a stable flame

an assembly of such jets or nozzles, used esp in cooking

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gas burner

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