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burner.

Someone or something that physically burns or causes something else to burn.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbɜːnə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈbɝnɚ/General-American
  1. 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.

  2. Someone or something that physically burns or causes something else to burn. A device that generates localized heat for experiments; a Bunsen burner.

  3. 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.

  4. Someone or something that physically burns or causes something else to burn. A device for burning refuse; an incinerator.

  5. A device that records data or music to an optical disc, such as a CD-R or DVD-RW.

  6. Ellipsis of burner phone, a mobile phone used for only a short time and then thrown away so that the owner cannot be traced.

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  7. An app that creates temporary phone numbers for a user.

  8. Ellipsis of burner account.

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  9. An elaborate piece of graffiti.

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  10. A pyrotechnic tear gas canister.

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  11. A handgun.

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  12. Ellipsis of coal burner (“a nonblack person, usually a woman, who has sexual relationships with black people, usually men”).

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  13. Alternative letter-case form of Burner (“participant in Burning Man”).

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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.