A burner is a device which produces heat or a flame, especially as part of a cooker, stove, or heater.
He put the frying pan on the gas burner.
2. See also back burner, front burner
burner in British English
(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
3. slang
a mobile phone acquired for temporary use and then discarded, allowing the user to retain anonymity
burner in American English
(ˈbɜrnər)
noun
1.
the part of a stove, furnace, etc. from which the flame or heat comes
2.
an apparatus for burning fuel or trash; furnace, incinerator, etc.
burner in Chemical Engineering
(bɜrnər)
Word forms: (regular plural) burners
noun
(Chemical Engineering: Energy and sustainability)
A burner is a nozzle that fuel passes through before combustion.
Burners mix air with fuel to provide oxygen in the combustion process.
The fuel and oxidizing gases are thoroughly mixed before proceeding to the burner opening.
A burner is a nozzle that fuel passes through before combustion.
More idioms containing
burner
put something on the back burner
COBUILD Collocations
burner
wood burner
Examples of 'burner' in a sentence
burner
If it is chilly out, logs for the wood burner are provided.
The Sun (2016)
In the dark days of winter it is comforting to feel the warmth of crackling logs in an open fireplace or a wood burner.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This was the slowest of slow burners.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Which is where the paella pan with gas burner comes in.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
For now talk of a little mix can be put on the back burner.
The Sun (2015)
Added extras such as welcome hampers and logs for the wood burner made it seem very special.
The Sun (2012)
This is a slow burner and meant to be one.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The star of the main course was a crystal bowl set on a gas burner.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It combines gas burners with an electric oven.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
But it was as an example of superstar egos on the back burner that it will be treasured.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
One city building used a biofuels burner with the wood chips driven in from the countryside by lorry.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It has been a slow burner to be fair and still all the ingredients are not in place.
The Sun (2014)
Middle-class wood burner owners have been accused of chopping down trees in a city park to fuel their stoves.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Carbon monoxide detectors are also required for solid fuel burners, such as coal.
The Sun (2015)
Some may be people you're keeping on the back burner for when the time is right.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
One million British homes own a wood burner.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
There were also the slow burners, which did not surprise him.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Cover the pot and place over a gas burner or charcoal, over a medium heat.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
I want you to light a burner on the stove, to chop and stir and season with love and abandon.
Christianity Today (2000)
That's when it'll be all four burners on the stove going and a cake in the oven and all that stuff.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
You can burn these essential oils in the room while you work (add three drops of each to an oil burner).
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
In other languages
burner
British English: burner NOUN
A burner is a device which produces heat or a flame, especially as part of a cooker, stove, or heater.
He put the frying pan on the gas burner.
American English: burner
Brazilian Portuguese: boca de gás
Chinese: 炉灶
European Spanish: quemador
French: brûleur
German: Brenner
Italian: fornello
Japanese: バーナー
Korean: 버너
European Portuguese: bico de gás
Latin American Spanish: quemador
All related terms of 'burner'
CD burner
A CD burner is the same as a → CD writer .
back burner
If you put an issue on the back burner , you leave it in order to deal with it later because you now consider it to have become less urgent or important .
DVD burner
A DVD burner is a piece of computer equipment that you use for copying data from a computer onto a DVD.
gas burner
a jet or nozzle from which a combustible gas issues in order to form a stable flame
lime burner
a person whose job it is to burn limestone to make lime
oil burner
a furnace , boiler , or other device that burns fuel oil
weed burner
See flame cultivator
wood burner
A burner is a device which produces heat or a flame , especially as part of a cooker , stove , or heater .
Argand burner
a gas or oil burner designed to let air flow inside and outside a cylindrical wick
Bunsen burner
a gas burner , widely used in scientific laboratories , consisting of a metal tube with an adjustable air valve at the base
front burner
If an issue is on the front burner , it receives a lot of attention because it is considered to be more urgent or important than other issues.
charcoal burner
(formerly) a person whose work was making charcoal by burning
incense burner
a vessel in which incense is burned
Welsbach burner
a type of gaslight in which a mantle containing thorium and cerium compounds becomes incandescent when heated by a gas flame
acetylene burner
a piece of equipment that burns with a hot flame powered by acetylene and is used for welding , brazing , or soldering
oxyacetylene burner
a blowpipe for cutting or welding metals at high temperatures
on the back burner
put aside for the time being, as a subject that is not of immediate concern but that may be activated later ; postponed
baseburner
a stove into which coal is automatically fed from a hopper above the fire chamber
pilot light
A pilot light is a small gas flame in a cooker , stove , boiler , or fire . It burns all the time and lights the main large flame when the gas is turned fully on.
to be on the front burner
to be of the highest priority
put something on the back burner
to decide not to do anything about a situation or project until a later date , because you do not consider it to be important at the time