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baseburner
base·burn·er
/
ˈbeɪsˌbɜr
nər
/
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beys
-bur-ner
]
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noun
a stove or furnace with a self-acting fuel hopper over the fire chamber.
Also,
base burner,
base-burn·er.
Origin:
1870–75,
Americanism;
base
1
+
burner
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baseburner
(ˈbeɪsˌbɜːnə)
—
n
(
US
) a stove into which coal is automatically fed from a hopper above the fire chamber
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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