The Collaborative International Dictionary
Base-burner
Base-burner \Base"-burn`er\, n. A furnace or stove in which the fuel is contained in a hopper or chamber, and is fed to the fire as the lower stratum is consumed.
Wiktionary
base-burner
n. (alternative form of baseburner English)
Usage examples of "base-burner".
A fireplace dominated the kitchen end, but it had been bricked up, and a hole for the flue pipe of the base-burner had been let into the chimney.