burn ‧ er /ˈbɜːnə $ ˈbɜːrnər/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ burn , ↑ burner ; adjective : ↑ burning , ↑ burnt ; verb : ↑ burn ; adverb : ↑ burning ]
1 . British English the part of an ↑ oven or heater that produces heat or a flame:
a gas burner
2 .
American English one of the round parts on the top of a ↑ cooker that produce heat
3 . put/leave something on the back burner informal to delay doing something until a later time:
The government quietly put the scheme on the back burner.
⇨ ↑ Bunsen burner