plural burners
1
: one that burns: such as
a
: the part of a fuel-burning or heat-producing device (such as a furnace or stove) where the flame or heat is produced
b
: a device for recording data on an optical disk
2
: an athlete who possesses great speed
3
: burner phone
… I leaned over and checked the glove box. There were two cell phones in there, both pre-paid burners with a set number of pre-paid minutes, both still in their drugstore packaging, effectively untraceable if bought with cash …—
Lee Child
Lee Child4
medical
: stinger sense 4
He missed two games late in the season because of what athletic trainers call "cervical burners," a fairly appropriate description of the pain that would originate in Wadsworth's neck and shoot down his body.—Emily Dorman
Emily Dormansee also burner account
Examples of burner in a Sentence
The burner on the furnace isn't working.
The computer comes equipped with a CD burner.
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The Netherlands international proved to be a slow burner.
—James Pearce, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
With this heating style, pans are heated directly instead of indirectly through a burner.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2024
Many happy shoppers agree that the sturdy frame combined with a stainless-steel burner give it an edge.
—Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 19 Dec. 2024
That evening, in the no man’s land, a field strewn with empty water bottles, four Shia families sat on a picnic blanket around a burner attached to a gas tank, looking scared and drinking yerba mate.
—Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2024
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James Pearce, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
With this heating style, pans are heated directly instead of indirectly through a burner.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2024
Many happy shoppers agree that the sturdy frame combined with a stainless-steel burner give it an edge.
—Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 19 Dec. 2024
That evening, in the no man’s land, a field strewn with empty water bottles, four Shia families sat on a picnic blanket around a burner attached to a gas tank, looking scared and drinking yerba mate.
—Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Burner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burner. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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burner
noun
burn·er
ˈbər-nər 
: one that burns: as
a
: the part of a fuel-burning or heat-producing device (as a furnace or stove) where a flame or heat is produced
b
: a device for recording data on an optical disk
Medical Definition
burner
noun
burn·er
ˈbər-nər
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