burner

B1 Topic:Tools, Machines & Construction

US /ˈbɝː.nɚ/ UK /ˈbɜː.nə/ See IPA manual

Freq #11400

Meanings

1

noun
a device or part of a device in which fuel burns to produce heat

Set the pan on the front burner and lower the flame.
2

noun
a person or machine that burns a particular material

A charcoal burner tended the covered mound throughout the night.
3

noun
a device used to write data to an optical disc

The old computer still has a DVD burner.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a device or part of a... heating elementburning unit

2 noun · a person or machine that... incinerator

3 noun · a device used to write data... disc writer

Word family

Derived forms afterburnerbackburnerbarnburnerburnerless

Related forms burn stove furnace brazier

Appears in

Phrases (1)

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oil burner
a heating device that burns oil as fuel

Noun + noun

Idioms (1)

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on the back burner
given low priority and left for later

Etymology

From burn + the agent or instrument suffix -er. It replaced related Middle English brennar and brennere. The basic formation can denote either one who burns something or a device in which burning occurs; the optical-disc sense extends the verb burn to recording data.

Topics

Tools, Machines & Construction

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# burner

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈbɝː.nɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈbɜː.nə/
**Frequency rank:** 11400

## Meanings
1. a device or part of a device in which fuel burns to produce heat
2. a person or machine that burns a particular material
3. a device used to write data to an optical disc

## Examples
- Set the pan on the front burner and lower the flame.
- A charcoal burner tended the covered mound throughout the night.
- The old computer still has a DVD burner.

## Synonyms
- heating element
- incinerator
- disc writer

## Derived Forms
- afterburner
- backburner
- barnburner
- burnerless

## Related Forms
- burn
- stove
- furnace
- brazier

## Etymology
From burn + the agent or instrument suffix -er. It replaced related Middle English brennar and brennere. The basic formation can denote either one who burns something or a device in which burning occurs; the optical-disc sense extends the verb burn to recording data.

## Topics
- Tools, Machines & Construction

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