Hypertext Webster Gateway: "burner"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Burner \Burn"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, burns or sets fire to anything.
2. The part of a lamp, gas fixture, etc., where the flame is
produced.
{Bunsen's burner} (Chem.), a kind of burner, invented by
Professor Bunsen of Heidelberg, consisting of a straight
tube, four or five inches in length, having small holes
for the entrance of air at the bottom. Illuminating gas
being also admitted at the bottom, a mixture of gas and
air is formed which burns at the top with a feebly
luminous but intensely hot flame.
{Argand burner}, {Rose burner}, etc. See under {Argand},
{Rose}, etc.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
burner
n 1: an apparatus for burning fuel (or refuse); "a diesel engine
is an oil burner"
2: the heating elements of a stove or range on which pots and
pans are placed for cooking; "the electric range had one
large burner and three smaller one"
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