burner : Idioms & Phrases

Index

Argand burner

  • a burner for an Argand lamp, or a gas burner in which the principle of that lamp is applied.
Webster 1913

Argand burner, Rose burner

  • etc. See under Argand, Rose, etc.
Webster 1913

back burner

  • noun reduced priority
    • dozens of cases were put on the back burner
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base-burner

Base"-burn`er noun
Definitions
  1. A furnace or stove in which the fuel is contained in a hopper or chamber, and is fed to the fire as the lower stratum is consumed.
Webster 1913

bude burner

Bude" burn`er
Etymology
See Bude light.
Definitions
  1. A burner consisting of two or more concentric Argand burners (the inner rising above the outer) and a central tube by which oxygen gas or common air is supplied.
Webster 1913

bunsen burner

  • noun a gas burner used in laboratories; has an air valve to regulate the mixture of gas and air
    etna; bunsen.
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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.
Webster 1913

cd burner

  • noun recording equipment for making compact disks
    CD burner.
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charcoal burner

  • noun a worker whose job is to make charcoal
  • noun a stove that burns charcoal as fuel
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compact-disk burner

  • noun recording equipment for making compact disks
    CD burner.
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Fish-tail burner

  • a gas burner that gives a spreading flame shaped somewhat like the tail of a fish.
Webster 1913

front burner

  • noun top priority
    • the work was moved to the front burner in order to meet deadlines
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gas burner

  • noun burner such that combustible gas issues from a nozzle to form a steady flame
    gas jet.
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gas-burner

Gas"-burn`er noun
Definitions
  1. The jet piece of a gas fixture where the gas is burned as it escapes from one or more minute orifices.
Webster 1913

Hydrocarbon burner, furnace, stove

  • a burner, furnace, or stove with which liquid fuel, as petroleum, is used.
Webster 1913

Lamp burner

  • the part of a lamp where the wick is exposed and ignited. Knight.
Webster 1913

Lime burner

  • one who burns limestone, shells, etc., to make lime.
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oil burner

  • noun a furnace that burns oil
    oil furnace.
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pilot burner

  • noun small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a larger gas burner
    pilot light; pilot.
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Rose burner

  • a kind of gas-burner producing a rose-shaped flame.
Webster 1913

sun-burner

Sun"-burn`er noun
Definitions
  1. A circle or cluster of gas-burners for lighting and ventilating public buildings.
Webster 1913

Vapor burner

  • a burner for burning a vaporized hydrocarbon.
Webster 1913