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• n  an apparatus for burning fuel (or refuse)
  a diesel engine is an oil burner
• n  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

• It was offered for a while with a gasoline-burner heater located in the front "trunk," a common but dangerously dumb accessory at the time.
• Meanwhile, people were putting oil burners in their basements.
• A 12X burner, on the other hand, will do the job in six minutes.

News & Articles

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• Rochester Man Accused of Setting Fire To House Using Gas Stove
  Police say Christopher Young, 23, was fighting with a woman when he set a fire using the burner on the gas stove.
  June 22, 2013 - YNN Rochester
• Who needs the NSA? Your dishwasher is already watching every move you make
  In the aftermath of Edward Snowden’s disclosures about alleged surveillance programs by the National Security Agency, it’s tempting to undertake a wholesale rethink of your online behavior, get a burner ...
  June 21, 2013 - Quartz via Yahoo! Finance
• Burner won't stop learning
  Paul Makulinski, left, and Ty Burner, right, announce plans to continue golfing in college. Burner and Makulinski played for Steve Burner, center, at Woodmore. Burner will play at Tiffin University and Makulinski at Lourdes College.
  June 20, 2013 - Port Clinton News Herald

Quotes

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• Robert Byrd in Washington Post
  The president seems to have placed diplomacy on the back-burner again,Byrd said.
• Torii Hunter in USA Today
  I told myself years ago that if I ever become a free agent, I'm going over here with the Angels,Hunter said. "But at the time of my free agency, they had a center fielder already, so I kind of threw them on the back burner and looked at...
• Pervez Musharraf in FOXNews
  Put the politics on the back burner and run the government,Musharraf said.