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BURNER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An apparatus for burning fuel (or refuse)
Example:
a diesel engine is an oil burner
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("burner" is a kind of...):
apparatus; setup (equipment designed to serve a specific function)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "burner"):
blowlamp; blowtorch; torch (a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame)
gas bracket (a pipe with one or more burners projecting from a wall)
gas burner; gas jet (burner such that combustible gas issues from a nozzle to form a steady flame)
Derivation:
burn (cause to undergo combustion)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The heating elements of a stove or range on which pots and pans are placed for cooking
Example:
the electric range had one large burner and three smaller one
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("burner" is a kind of...):
heating element (the component of a heater or range that transforms fuel or electricity into heat)
