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baseburner

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base⋅burn⋅er

[beys-bur-ner]
–noun
a stove or furnace with a self-acting fuel hopper over the fire chamber.
Also, base burner, base-burner.


Origin:
1870–75, Americanism; base 1 + burner
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base·burn·er   (bās'bûr'nər)   
n.  A coal stove with a hopper that automatically replenishes itself from above as lower layers of fuel are consumed.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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