WordNet
n. burner such that combustible gas issues from a nozzle to form a steady flame [syn: gas jet]
Wikipedia
A gas burner is a device to generate a flame to heat up products using a gaseous fuel such as acetylene, natural gas or propane. Some burners have an air inlet to mix the fuel gas with air to make a complete combustion. Acetylene is commonly used in combination with oxygen.
It has many applications such as soldering, brazing and welding, the latter using oxygen instead of air for getting a hotter flame which is required for melting steel. For laboratory uses a natural gas fired Bunsen burner is used. For melting metals with melting points of up to 1100 °C such as copper, silver and gold a propane burner with natural drag of air can be used.
Usage examples of "gas burner".
I put on my slacks and a T-shirt, fixed the coffee and lighted the gas burner under it, walked down the hall and knocked on Mrs.
Graice turns off the stove's gas burner and prepares to leave the kitchen but St.
Put her coffee cup in the sink, lit two cigarettes off the gas burner, walked over, and handed one to me.
There was a good centrifuge, a microtome, a binocular microscope with controlled illumination, gas burner, ranks of clean test tubes -- all the instruments and esoteria of the trade.
At the other end of the foyer, behind him, Gregory heard the hissing whistle of a gas burner and the dripping of a water faucet.
She pours half the milk into the copper kettle on the cold gas burner and covers the rest with a cloth over the top of the bucket.
She turned on the gas burner under the griddle, removed two hamburger patties from the refrigerator, and slapped them on the grill.
She reached for a pack of Pall Mall 100s, flipped on the gas burner, and lit her cigarette from it, tilting her head so her hair wouldn't catch fire.