gas burner

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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.

Origin of gas burner

First recorded in 1805–15

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Related Words for gas burner

heater, lamp, jet, warmer, cooker

Examples from the Web for gas burner

Historical Examples of gas burner

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 Sorrows of Satan
Marie Corelli
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

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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