burner

Meaning

1. Someone or something that burns.
2. An element on a kitchen stove that generates localized heat for cooking.
3. 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. A device that allows data or music to be stored on a CDR or CD-ROM.
7. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, slang) Ellipsis of burner phone, a mobile phone used for only a short time and then thrown away so that the owner cannot be traced.
8. An app that creates temporary phone numbers for a user.
9. (Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, slang) Ellipsis of burner account.
10. (slang) An elaborate piece of graffiti.
11. (slang) A pyrotechnic tear gas canister.
12. (slang) A gun.
13. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, slang) Ellipsis of coal burner (“a nonblack person, usually a woman, who has sexual relationships with black people, usually men”).
14. (alt-of, slang) Alternative letter-case form of Burner (“participant in Burning Man”).

Synonyms

ring

💍

combustor

stove

oven

inflamer

lamp

lantern

🏮

light

sprayer

burner port

fire box

furnace room

ignitor

origin of a fire

cauterant

fire-pot

gas-stove burner

firing box

firing chamber

searing iron

gas welder

combustion space

blast chamber

fire chamber

burning chamber

combustion chamber

fuel chamber

fawner

flatterer

heater

Translations

Brenner

bruciatore

brander

quemador

graveur

brûleur

cremador

fourneau

bruleur

καυστήρας

μάτι

foyer

πυρπολητής

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbɜːnə/

Etymology

Cognate with German: Brenner

Cognate with Swedish: brännare

In summary

From burn + -er. Merged with and eclipsed related Middle English brennar, brennere (“an incendiary, incinerator”). Compare German Brenner (“burner”), Swedish brännare (“burner”).