Burner
noun
A part of a stove, heater, or lamp that produces flame or heat.
She turned the burner off when the soup started boiling.
Often appears as...
- gas burner
- stove burner
noun
A device used to burn something for heat or energy.
The factory uses a coal burner to generate heat.
Often appears as...
- coal burner
- waste oil burner
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A temporary or disposable phone, usually prepaid, to ensure privacy.
The detective used a burner phone to avoid being traced.
Often appears as...
- burner phone
- burner number
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Colloquial
noun
Person who behaves aggressively, especially while driving.
You always meet some burners on the highway during rush hour.
Often appears as...
- road burner
- street burner
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Informal
Colloquial
noun
An element of a furnace or a steam boiler.
A misfiring burner can cause the boiler to overheat.
Often appears as...
- furnace burner
- boiler burner
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Technical
noun
Large piece of graffiti art, usually colourful and intricate.
The street was adorned with burners by the city's top graffiti artists.
Often appears as...
- graffiti burner
- piece burner
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
A part of a stove, heater, or lamp that produces flame or heat.
She turned the burner off when the soup started boiling.
Often appears as...
- gas burner
- stove burner
noun
A device used to burn something for heat or energy.
The factory uses a coal burner to generate heat.
Often appears as...
- coal burner
- waste oil burner
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A temporary or disposable phone, usually prepaid, to ensure privacy.
The detective used a burner phone to avoid being traced.
Often appears as...
- burner phone
- burner number
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
Person who behaves aggressively, especially while driving.
You always meet some burners on the highway during rush hour.
Often appears as...
- road burner
- street burner
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
An element of a furnace or a steam boiler.
A misfiring burner can cause the boiler to overheat.
Often appears as...
- furnace burner
- boiler burner
Usage tips
Technical
noun
Large piece of graffiti art, usually colourful and intricate.
The street was adorned with burners by the city's top graffiti artists.
Often appears as...
- graffiti burner
- piece burner
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 6
Pro Tip 1/2Kitchen Reference
Often linked to cooking; think of preparing meals when you hear 'burner'.
Turn the rear burner to low for the sauce.
Pro Tip 2/2Heat Adjustment
'Burner' implies the ability to control heat, usually by turning a knob.
Adjust the burner to simmer the stew.
Pro Tip 1/2Kitchen Reference
Often linked to cooking; think of preparing meals when you hear 'burner'.
Turn the rear burner to low for the sauce.
Pro Tip 2/2Heat Adjustment
'Burner' implies the ability to control heat, usually by turning a knob.
Adjust the burner to simmer the stew.
Pro Tip 1/2Kitchen Reference
Often linked to cooking; think of preparing meals when you hear 'burner'.
Turn the rear burner to low for the sauce.
Pro Tip 2/2Heat Adjustment
'Burner' implies the ability to control heat, usually by turning a knob.
Adjust the burner to simmer the stew.
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Tub Diggin’ PIPE The Legend...
blue thing is just like a sump pump that's gonna pump the water out of the hot tub that we put in there and pump it into the heater the system consists of an ordinary car battery and a propane fueled portable water heater when it goes into the heater and there's two burners in there hooked to the propane
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Meklit Hadero: The...
But there is a kind of sonic lineage to which we all belong. So the next time you are seeking percussion inspiration, look no further than your tires, as they roll over the unusual grooves of the freeway, or the top-right burner of your stove and that strange way that it clicks
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Paola Antonelli: Why I...
that those are important forms of design. And in a way, the video games, the fonts and everything else lead us to make people understand a wider meaning for design. One of my dream acquisitions, which has been on hold for a few years but now will come back on the front burner,
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Turning chicken feathers...
so then I discussed with ilda what if we put a structure like this above the main reactor will it actually restore the energy and that worked each time the gases wanted to go out of the chimney they bumped into this flute-like structure after burner chamber and they
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The surprising thing I...
This photo was taken in the burner of a coal-fired power station. I was fascinated by coal, fundamental to our global energy needs, but also very close to my family. My great-grandfather was a coal miner, and he spent 50 years of his life underground.
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Night Search for Whip...
the antenna form this aids in the process of elimination helping burner to gauge the extent that whip spiders rely on their antenna form their eight eyes or something else for navigation so do the spiders with painted nails make it home
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Jodi Cobb: Human Bondage...
poisoned by the dye and in the glass making industry the kids are held in debt bondage that was actually incurred by their parents they work over these gas burners in intense heat and fumes with no ventilation no protective gear
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Online learning could...
I wondered, for a moment, what he would have thought if he could have seen this. I imagined, somewhat hopefully, of course, that he'd look around in the headset, grab a petri dish, sterilize his metal tools in the Bunsen burner
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Less stuff, more...
not just stuff. Secondly, our new small is sexy. We want space efficiency. We want things that are designed for how they're used the vast majority of the time, not that rare event. Why have a six burner stove
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Joel Leon: The...
that our co-parenting partners don't have to put their passions, their pursuits and their dreams to the back burner just because we're too self-absorbed to show up as allies.
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Tub Diggin’ PIPE The Legend...
blue thing is just like a sump pump that's gonna pump the water out of the hot tub that we put in there and pump it into the heater the system consists of an ordinary car battery and a propane fueled portable water heater when it goes into the heater and there's two burners in there hooked to the propane
Video examples
Meklit Hadero: The...
But there is a kind of sonic lineage to which we all belong. So the next time you are seeking percussion inspiration, look no further than your tires, as they roll over the unusual grooves of the freeway, or the top-right burner of your stove and that strange way that it clicks
Video examples
Paola Antonelli: Why I...
that those are important forms of design. And in a way, the video games, the fonts and everything else lead us to make people understand a wider meaning for design. One of my dream acquisitions, which has been on hold for a few years but now will come back on the front burner,
Video examples
Turning chicken feathers...
so then I discussed with ilda what if we put a structure like this above the main reactor will it actually restore the energy and that worked each time the gases wanted to go out of the chimney they bumped into this flute-like structure after burner chamber and they
Video examples
The surprising thing I...
This photo was taken in the burner of a coal-fired power station. I was fascinated by coal, fundamental to our global energy needs, but also very close to my family. My great-grandfather was a coal miner, and he spent 50 years of his life underground.
Video examples
Night Search for Whip...
the antenna form this aids in the process of elimination helping burner to gauge the extent that whip spiders rely on their antenna form their eight eyes or something else for navigation so do the spiders with painted nails make it home
Video examples
Jodi Cobb: Human Bondage...
poisoned by the dye and in the glass making industry the kids are held in debt bondage that was actually incurred by their parents they work over these gas burners in intense heat and fumes with no ventilation no protective gear
Video examples
Online learning could...
I wondered, for a moment, what he would have thought if he could have seen this. I imagined, somewhat hopefully, of course, that he'd look around in the headset, grab a petri dish, sterilize his metal tools in the Bunsen burner
Video examples
Less stuff, more...
not just stuff. Secondly, our new small is sexy. We want space efficiency. We want things that are designed for how they're used the vast majority of the time, not that rare event. Why have a six burner stove
Video examples
Joel Leon: The...
that our co-parenting partners don't have to put their passions, their pursuits and their dreams to the back burner just because we're too self-absorbed to show up as allies.
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Jonathan Franklin
American Journalist
I wrote '33 Men' in eight weeks. Not only was it a combination of simultaneously writing and interviewing, but as I dug deeper into the miners' story, I found the key to their success was the ability to place their individuality on the back burner and bring forward the sense of a collective group responsibility.
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Carli Lloyd
American Athlete
Basically my whole life revolves around soccer. I don't take many vacations. Everything just gets put on the back burner because of my training. I miss out on a lot of weddings and family functions. But at the end of the day, I'm sitting here as a world champion, and it feels pretty good.
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Kacey Musgraves
American Artist
I feel like, big city or small town, you can relate to following your parents' footsteps or putting your own dreams on the back burner or vices that we get caught up in - that whole cycle. That's not just a small-town thing. That's a life thing.
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Sam Hunt
American Musician
I was a product of the relationships with my family, the environment I grew up in; all those things I kind of put on the back burner when I got into music, and my life all changed dramatically.
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Allison Pearson
Welsh Author
When you have kids, there's a tendency to put the marriage stew on the back burner and give it a quick stir now and then. But it's important to remember why you had children with this person.
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Zoe Kazan
American Actress
Writing-wise, I like to have a lot of things on the burners at once, because when I hit a wall, I like to move on to the thing I haven't hit a wall on.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
American President
Don't join the book burners. Do not think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed.
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Debby Ryan
American Actress
With 'Suite Life,' I had three years to sit a little bit on the back burner and learn with less pressure.
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Michael Eklund
Canadian Actor
Making a movie takes a toll on your life because it's a commitment, so you put a lot on the back burner.
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Zoe Ball
On a Friday night, I switch on my log burner, stick on 'Gardeners' World' and I am so happy.
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Jonathan Franklin
American Journalist
I wrote '33 Men' in eight weeks. Not only was it a combination of simultaneously writing and interviewing, but as I dug deeper into the miners' story, I found the key to their success was the ability to place their individuality on the back burner and bring forward the sense of a collective group responsibility.
Quote examples
Carli Lloyd
American Athlete
Basically my whole life revolves around soccer. I don't take many vacations. Everything just gets put on the back burner because of my training. I miss out on a lot of weddings and family functions. But at the end of the day, I'm sitting here as a world champion, and it feels pretty good.
Quote examples
Kacey Musgraves
American Artist
I feel like, big city or small town, you can relate to following your parents' footsteps or putting your own dreams on the back burner or vices that we get caught up in - that whole cycle. That's not just a small-town thing. That's a life thing.
Quote examples
Sam Hunt
American Musician
I was a product of the relationships with my family, the environment I grew up in; all those things I kind of put on the back burner when I got into music, and my life all changed dramatically.
Quote examples
Allison Pearson
Welsh Author
When you have kids, there's a tendency to put the marriage stew on the back burner and give it a quick stir now and then. But it's important to remember why you had children with this person.
Quote examples
Zoe Kazan
American Actress
Writing-wise, I like to have a lot of things on the burners at once, because when I hit a wall, I like to move on to the thing I haven't hit a wall on.
Quote examples
Dwight D. Eisenhower
American President
Don't join the book burners. Do not think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed.
Quote examples
Debby Ryan
American Actress
With 'Suite Life,' I had three years to sit a little bit on the back burner and learn with less pressure.
Quote examples
Michael Eklund
Canadian Actor
Making a movie takes a toll on your life because it's a commitment, so you put a lot on the back burner.
Quote examples
Zoe Ball
On a Friday night, I switch on my log burner, stick on 'Gardeners' World' and I am so happy.
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