Definition of burner
1 : one that burns: such asa : the part of a fuel-burning or heat-producing device (such as a furnace or stove) where the flame or heat is producedb : a device for recording data on an optical disk
2 : an athlete who possesses great speed
From the M-W Editors
Examples of burner in a Sentence
The burner on the furnace isn't working.
The computer comes equipped with a CD burner.
Recent Examples of burner from the Web
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After the Obamacare-repeal legislation fails due to the perfidy of the RINOs, McConnell can turn to tax and budget legislation and let the health-care mess simmer on a back burner until pressure mounts for a bipartisan fix of Obamacare.
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Cookware manufacturer Hestan has a new take on this with the home-chef friendly Cue, a 1600-watt induction burner that looks like a miniaturized Roomba.
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If she hasn’t seen him since then, but seems to understand the significance of this phrase, what dark deeds have been cooking on the back burner all these years?
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The issue of North Korea will be on the front burner at the G20 meeting in Germany this week, but the new Russia-China alliance puts the U.S. in a box and divides the Security Council on next steps to rein in the rogue regime.
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Whitman initially put ideas about a hockey program on a back burner when he was approached by Snee.
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Sens. Rob Portman (Ohio) and Shelley Moore Capito (W.Va.) at one point had requested $45 billion over the course of a decade to keep the battle against opioids on the nation’s front burner.
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Walters was found guilty of 10 counts of fraud and conspiracy after a trial that featured testimony about Mickelson and billionaire investor Carl Icahn, gambling debts, stock tips delivered on burner phones and charity money used for prostitutes.
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Prepare a grill for medium, indirect heat (for a gas grill, leave one or two burners off; for a charcoal grill, bank coals on one side of grill).
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First Known Use of burner
14th century
BURNER Defined for English Language Learners
burner
playDefinition of burner for English Language Learners
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: the part of a furnace, stove, etc., where the flame or heat is produced
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: a device that burns something : a device in which something is burned
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computers : a device that is used to record information or music on a CD or DVD
BURNER Defined for Kids
burner
playDefinition of burner for Students
: the part of a stove or furnace where the flame or heat is produced
Medical Dictionary
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See words that rhyme with burner Spanish Central: Translation of burner Nglish: Translation of burner for Spanish speakers Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about burner
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