Meaning

9 senses
  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.

    Kochplatte, Herdplatte, Heizplatte

    горе́лкаgorélka, конфо́ркаkonfórka

  2. A device that generates localized heat for experiments; a Bunsen burner.

    Brenner, Bunsenbrenner

  3. A device that burns fuel; e.g. a diesel engine; a hot-air balloon's propulsion system.

    Brenner, Gasbrenner, Brenner

  4. A device for burning refuse; an incinerator.

    Verbrennungsofen

    an apparatus for burning fuel (or refuse)

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

    Brenner, CD-Brenner

    механи́зм для за́писи CDmexanízm dlja zápisi CD

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

  7. (slang)An elaborate piece of graffiti.

  8. (slang)A pyrotechnic tear gas canister.

  9. (slang)A handgun.

Examples

23 sentences
  1. The call came from a burner phone.

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  2. Tom put his career on the back burner and became a house husband, to enable Mary to pursue her career.

    deTom stellte seine Karriere zurück und wurde zum Hausmann, um Maria zu ermöglichen, der ihrigen nachzugehen.

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  3. This electric oven only has two burners.

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  4. I forgot to post this under my burner account.

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  5. Check the space beneath the burners for any debris.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
element on a kitchen stove:
computing: device that records data or music to an optical disc:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
element on a kitchen stove:
device that generates localized heat for experiments:
device that burns fuel:
device for burning refuse:
computing: device that records data or music to an optical disc:

Origin

From burn + -er. Merged with and eclipsed related Middle English brennar, brennere (“an in

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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