burner
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burn·er
(bûr'nər) 
n.
n.
- One that burns, especially:
- A device, as in a furnace, stove, or gas lamp, that is lighted to produce a flame.
- A device on a stovetop, such as a gas jet or electric element, that produces heat.
- A unit, such as a furnace, in which something is burned: an oil burner.
- An incinerator.
- Slang.
- An elaborate mural painted by a graffiti artist, usually on the wall of an abandoned building.
- A large, multicolored graffito.
on the back burner
- As a low priority: kept the project on the back burner all summer.
- As a high priority.
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A drive that writes write-once optical discs such as CD-Rs and DVD-Rs. A "burner" implies a one-time recording, but the term is erroneously used to refer to drives that "write" to re-recordable CD-RW and DVD-RW/+RW media as well. See burn, CD-R and DVD-R.
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That part of a furnace, boiler, etc., where the flame is produced.
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A component of a jet engine combustion system. Its purpose is to introduce fuel into the combustion chamber in a state in which it will burn efficiently. The two types of burners are atomizer and vaporizer.
A typical atomizer type burner.
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categories related to 'burner'
- Machinery and Mechanical Devices - burner: part that produces flame or direct heat
- Cookers - burner: gas or electric stove-top unit for heating food in pots and pans
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Burner
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Burner may refer to:
- Gas burner or oil burner, a mechanical device that burns a gas or liquid fuel into a flame in a controlled manner
- Hot-air balloon device, a device to inflate a hot air balloon
- Burner (rocket stage)
- Burner, West Virginia
- Raleigh Burner, a 1980s BMX bike manufactured by Raleigh Bicycle Company
- Burner (Burning Man), an active participant in the annual Burning Man festival
- Burner (album), a 1994 album by the Virginia math rock band Breadwinner
- Burner (comics), a fictional mutant character in the Marvel Comics Universe
- Burner or stinger (medicine), a minor neurological injury suffered mostly by athletes participating in contact sports
- CD burner, a CD/DVD recording tool; see Optical disc drive
- Slang for a prepaid cellphone
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Burner
Nederlands (Dutch)
stookinrichting, brander
Français (French)
n. - brûleur, bec
Deutsch (German)
n. - Brenner, (tech.) Ofen
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - καυστήρας, μάτι (εστία) κουζίνας γκαζιού
idioms:
- back burner σε δεύτερη μοίρα
Italiano (Italian)
bruciatore, impianto di combustione
idioms:
- on the back/front burner che riceve poca/molta attenzione
Português (Portuguese)
n. - bico (m) de gás, maçarico (m), queimador (m)
idioms:
- on the back burner adiar
- on the front burner dar prioridade
Русский (Russian)
горелка, форсунка, топка, камера сгорания
idioms:
- on the back burner на заднем плане
- on the front burner на переднем плане
Español (Spanish)
n. - fogón, quemador, mechero
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - brännare
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
火炉, 烧火的人
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 火爐, 燒火的人
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 焼くもの, 火口, バーナー, 焼く人
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) محراق, شعله
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