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burner
[ bur-ner ]
noun
- that part of a gas fixture, lamp, etc., from which flame issues or in which it is produced.
- Informal. burner phone ( def ).
adjective
- temporary or disposable, often used to remain anonymous: a burner digital identity.
burner email accounts;
a burner digital identity.
burner
/ ˈbɜːnə /
noun
- the part of a stove, lamp, etc, that produces flame or heat
- an apparatus for burning something, as fuel or refuse
an oil burner
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Example Sentences
Denzel Washington in Philadelphia: “There was something like that [with Philadelphia] where I was on the back-burner.”
He is, however, obedient about not turning on the stove burner without permission.
He testified that he immediately got to work with a set of “burner” phones bought on company expenses.
“Growing up, my grandmother always had fideo going on her simple four-burner stove,” he said.
And while his Town & Country photo shoot nearly broke the Internet, modeling is on the back burner: “Acting is my first priority.”
I pointed through the woods to a bit of clearing made by a charcoal burner.
Is he like Duclosse the mealman, or Lajeunesse the blacksmith, or Garotte the lime-burner-and the rest?
The little hut of the lime-burner was beyond in a hollow, and behind that again was a lean-to, like a small shed or stable.
The hall is lighted with gas, and the burner is placed between the two doors.
At the high temperature of the triple burner, a semi-solid, red, greasy substance collected in and closed the condenser tube.
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