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charcoal burner

charcoal burner noun: a person whose job it is to make charcoal, traditionally by carbonizing wood in a charcoal clamp or a kiln.

Noun

charcoal burner (plural charcoal burners)

  1. A person whose job it is to make charcoal, traditionally by carbonizing wood in a charcoal clamp or a kiln.
    • There was once upon a time a charcoal-burner who had a son; and he was also a charcoal-burner.1881, H.L. Brækstad (translator), Round the Yule Log: Norwegian Folk and Fairy Tales, page 308, "The Charcoal-Burner", translation of "Kullbrenneren", Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, in Norske...
    Synonyms:
    collier
  2. A heater or brazier in which charcoal is burnt.
  3. An edible European mushroom (Russula cyanoxantha).
    • Here in Canada very few people gather charcoal burners for food, as it is tricky to identify.

Synonyms of charcoal burner

Forms of charcoal burner

pluralcharcoal burners

Questions about charcoal burner

What does charcoal burner mean?
Charcoal burner means a person whose job it is to make charcoal, traditionally by carbonizing wood in a charcoal clamp or a kiln.
What part of speech is charcoal burner?
Charcoal burner is a noun.
What is the plural of charcoal burner?
The plural of charcoal burner is charcoal burners.

Words near charcoal burner in the dictionary

  1. charcharhinid
  2. charchari
  3. charcharis
  4. charcloth
  5. charcoal
  6. charcoal burner
  7. charcoal burners
  8. charcoal iron
  9. charcoal irons
  10. charcoal rot
  11. charcoaled

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