Burner

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /ˈbɜːnÉ™/
• GenAm IPA: /ˈbɝnÉš/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)nÉ™(r)

Full definition of burner

Noun

1. Someone or something which burns.
2. An element on a kitchen stove that generates localized heat for cooking.
• 1975, Bob Dylan, Tangled Up in BlueShe lit a burner on the stoveAnd offered me a pipe"I thought you'd never say hello", she said"You look like the silent type"
3. (chemistry) A device that generates localized heat for experiments; a bunsen burner.
4. A device that burns fuel; e.g. a diesel engine; a hot-air balloon's propulsion system.
5. A device for burning refuse; an incinerator
6. (computing) A device that allows data or music to be stored on a CDR or CD-ROM.
7. (slang) A mobile phone used for only a short time and then thrown away so that the owner cannot be traced.
8. (slang) An elaborate piece of graffiti.
• 2011, Adam Melnyk, Visual Orgasm: The Early Years of Canadian Graffiti (page 84)... we were doing productions, burners like 100 feet long and as tall as we could get, standing on people's shoulders, ...

Synonyms

• (element on kitchen stone, UK) ring