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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Burner \Burn"er\, n. 1. One who or that which burns or sets fire to anything 2. The part of a lamp, gas fixture, etc., where the flame is produced. {Bunsen's burner} (Chem.), a kind of burner, invented by Professor Bunsen of Heidelberg, consisting of a straight tube, four or five inches in length, having small holes for the entrance of air at the bottom. Illuminating gas being also admitted at the bottom, a mixture of gas and air is formed which burns at the top with a feebly luminous but intensely hot flame. {Argand burner}, {Rose burner}, etc See under {Argand}, {Rose}, etc From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: burner n : an apparatus for burning fuel (or refuse)
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