burner

1 an apparatus for burning fuel (or refuse); "a diesel engine is an oil burner"

2 the heating elements of a stove or range on which pots and pans are placed for cooking; "the electric range had one large burner and three smaller one"

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)nə(r)

Noun

burner (plural: burners)

1. An element on a kitchen stove that generates localized heat for cooking.
2. Someone or something which burns.
3. A device that generates localized heat for experiments; a bunsen burner.
4. A device that allows data or music to be stored on a CDR or CDROM.
5. A device for burning refuse; an incinerator
6. A device that burns fuel; e.g. a diesel engine; a hot-air balloon's propulsion system.
7. A person who has attended "Burning Man", and considers himself or herself to be a member of that community.

Translations

computing

• French: graveur
• Polish: nagrywarka
• Dutch: brander
• Tamil: Aaduippu
• Swedish: brännare

Burner may refer to:

• Gas burner or Oil burner, a mechanical device that burns a gas or liquid fuel into a flame in a controlled manner
• CD burner, a CD/DVD recording tool.
• Burner (Burning Man), an active participant in the annual Burning Man festival
• Burner (hot air balloon), a device to inflate a hot air balloon
• Burner or Stinger (medicine), a minor neurological injury suffered mostly by athletes participating in contact sports
• Burner, a weapon used by the soldiers of the Mobile Infantry in Robert A. Heinlein's novel Starship Troopers
• Raleigh Burner, a 1980's BMX bike manufactured by Raleigh Bicycle Company

Burner is also a slang term for:

• a cell phone meant to be used for only a short term and then thrown away in criminal circumstances; made popular by the HBO television show The Wire
• an elaborate piece of graffiti, as opposed to a "tag" or a "throw-up"
• a person with a sexually transmitted disease
• a hooligan
• a gun

See also

• Burn

A person who smokes copious amount of marijuana.

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