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wood burner

wood burner noun: a heater or stove that burns wood for fuel.

wood burner: a heater or stove that burns wood for fuel
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Noun

wood burner (plural wood burners)

  1. (UK) A heater or stove that burns wood for fuel.
  2. (historical) A steam locomotive fuelled with wood instead of coal or oil, mainly used in areas with a plentiful supply of wood.
    • These wood burners have African drivers with two African firemen who take in turn the two main duties of putting wood into the firebox and moving it forward on the tender.1958 February, Arthur F. Beckenham, “A Journey in the Belgian Congo”, in Railway Magazine, page 93
    • A considerable number of engines are wood-burners, although with ample supplies of soft coal from Russia, the adherence to wood-burning may be nothing more than a form of Government subsidy to the timber trade.1962 June, “Beyond the Channel: Finland: The V.R in their centenary year”, in Modern Railways, page 418

Forms of wood burner

pluralwood burners
alternative formwood-burner

Questions about wood burner

What does wood burner mean?
Wood burner means a heater or stove that burns wood for fuel.
What part of speech is wood burner?
Wood burner is a noun.
What is the plural of wood burner?
The plural of wood burner is wood burners.

Words near wood burner in the dictionary

  1. wood brown
  2. wood browns
  3. wood buffalo
  4. wood bug
  5. wood bugs
  6. wood burner
  7. wood burners
  8. wood buttercup
  9. wood carpet
  10. wood carpets
  11. wood carving

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