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.
Recent Examples on the Web
Sporadically, the crack of a thorn log from the wood burner broke through the gray noise of the storm; the gurgle of rain choked the guttering, overspilling in silvery beads that spacked against the cabin planks.
—Cynan Jones, The New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2024
On Thursday morning, Gonzalez fried an egg on a burner while Thian sat in a child’s camping chair, watching videos on a phone.
—Paloma Esquivel, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2024
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Cynan Jones, The New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2024
On Thursday morning, Gonzalez fried an egg on a burner while Thian sat in a child’s camping chair, watching videos on a phone.
—Paloma Esquivel, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2024
See all Example Sentences for burner
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“Burner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burner. Accessed 4 May. 2024.
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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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