burner

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burn|er /b'ɜːrnər/ (burners)
[N-COUNT]
A burner is a device which produces heat or a flame, especially as part of a cooker, stove, or heater.
He put the frying pan on the gas burner.
see also back burner, front burnerback burn|er
also backburner
[N-SING] usu the N
If you put an issue on the back burner, you leave it in order to deal with it later because you now consider it to have become less urgent or important.
Many speculated that the US would put the peace process on the back burner...CD burn|er (CD burners)
[N-COUNT]
A CD burner is the same as a CD writer. (COMPUTING)DVD burn|er (DVD burners)
[N-COUNT]
A DVD burner is a piece of computer equipment that you use for copying data from a computer onto a DVD. (COMPUTING)front burn|er
[N-SING] usu on the N
If an issue is on the front burner, it receives a lot of attention because it is considered to be more urgent or important than other issues.
It helps to put an important issue back on the front burner...
≠ back burner

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