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base-burner

base-burner is the alternative form of baseburner.

Meaning of baseburner

Noun

baseburner (plural baseburners)

  1. A type of stove that automatically re-adds coal, when needed, to the base using a hopper.
    • A nickelplated warrior gleamed from the top of a baseburner that showed pink through its mica doors.1918, Fannie Hurst, Gaslight Sonatas

Forms of base-burner

pluralbase-burners

Questions about base-burner

What is base-burner the alternative form of?
Base-burner is the alternative form of baseburner.

Words near base-burner in the dictionary

  1. base year
  2. base years
  3. base-2
  4. base-ball
  5. base-born
  6. base-burner
  7. base-burners
  8. base-on-balls
  9. base-pair breathing
  10. baseball
  11. baseball Annie

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