burner.
Someone or something that physically burns or causes something else to burn.
Meaning & usage
Someone or something that physically burns or causes something else to burn. An element on a kitchen stove, hob, or cooktop that generates localized heat for cooking.
Someone or something that physically burns or causes something else to burn. A device that generates localized heat for experiments; a Bunsen burner.
Someone or something that physically burns or causes something else to burn. A device that burns fuel; e.g. a diesel engine; a hot-air balloon's propulsion system.
Someone or something that physically burns or causes something else to burn. A device for burning refuse; an incinerator.
A device that records data or music to an optical disc, such as a CD-R or DVD-RW.
Ellipsis of burner phone, a mobile phone used for only a short time and then thrown away so that the owner cannot be traced.
An app that creates temporary phone numbers for a user.
Ellipsis of burner account.
An elaborate piece of graffiti.
A pyrotechnic tear gas canister.
A handgun.
Ellipsis of coal burner (“a nonblack person, usually a woman, who has sexual relationships with black people, usually men”).
Alternative letter-case form of Burner (“participant in Burning Man”).
Where this word comes from
From burn + -er. Merged with and eclipsed related Middle English brennar, brennere (“an incendiary, incinerator”). Compare German Brenner (“burner”), Swedish brännare (“burner”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.