Put the teapot on the burner, otherwise the tea will be cold.
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Burner
//ˈbɜːnə//
Synonyms for "burner" (58 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (17)
Related words (29)
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3 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesat location
1 entriescapable of
1 entriesderived
52 entriesShowing 16 of 52 words.
derived from
1 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
2 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
43 entriesShowing 16 of 43 words.
Translations
102 translations across 29 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- горелка noun (element on a kitchen stove)
- горелка noun (device that generates localized heat for experiments)
- горелка noun (device that burns fuel)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 煤氣灶 /煤气灶 noun (element on a kitchen stove)
- 燃燒器 /燃烧器 noun (element on a kitchen stove)
Dutch
1 entries- brander noun (computing: device that records data or music to an optical disc)
Faroese
2 entries- brennari noun (computing: device that records data or music to an optical disc)
- fløgubrennari noun (computing: device that records data or music to an optical disc)
Finnish
4 entries- CD-poltin noun (computing: device that records data or music to an optical disc)
- kaasupoltin noun (element on a kitchen stove)
- keittolevy noun (element on a kitchen stove)
- poltin noun (someone or something that burns)
French
3 entries- brûleur noun (element on a kitchen stove)
- feu noun (element on a kitchen stove)
- graveur noun (computing: device that records data or music to an optical disc)
Galician
1 entries- queimador noun (element on a kitchen stove)
German
4 entries- Brenner noun (someone or something that burns)
- Brenner noun (device that generates localized heat for experiments)
- Brenner noun (device that burns fuel)
- Brenner noun (computing: device that records data or music to an optical disc)
Greek
1 entries- μάτι noun (element on a kitchen stove)
Hawaiian
1 entries- pā kapuahi noun (element on a kitchen stove)
Hungarian
4 entries- Bunsen-égő noun (device that generates localized heat for experiments)
- CD-író noun (computing: device that records data or music to an optical disc)
- gázrózsa noun (element on a kitchen stove)
- gázégő noun (element on a kitchen stove)
Indonesian
2 entries- pembakar noun (computing: device that records data or music to an optical disc)
- perekam noun (computing: device that records data or music to an optical disc)
Italian
4 entries- becco di Bunsen noun (device that generates localized heat for experiments)
- bruciatore noun (device that generates localized heat for experiments)
- fornello noun (element on a kitchen stove)
- fuoco noun (element on a kitchen stove)
Japanese
1 entries- バーナー noun (element on a kitchen stove)
Latin
1 entries- cremator noun (someone or something that burns)
Malay
4 entries- pembakar noun (device that burns fuel)
- pembakar noun (computing: device that records data or music to an optical disc)
- penunu noun (device for burning refuse)
- penunu Bunsen noun (device that generates localized heat for experiments)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kokeplate noun (element on a kitchen stove)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Brenna noun (element on a kitchen stove)
Polish
2 entries- nagrywarka noun (computing: device that records data or music to an optical disc)
- palnik noun (element on a kitchen stove)
Portuguese
4 entries- bico de Bunsen noun (device that generates localized heat for experiments)
- boca noun (element on a kitchen stove)
- gravador de CD noun (computing: device that records data or music to an optical disc)
- maçarico noun (device that generates localized heat for experiments)
Russian
3 entries- горе́лка noun (element on a kitchen stove)
- конфо́рка noun (element on a kitchen stove)
- механи́зм для за́писи CD noun (computing: device that records data or music to an optical disc)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- cearcall noun (element on a kitchen stove)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- pisač noun (computing: device that records data or music to an optical disc)
- snimač noun (computing: device that records data or music to an optical disc)
Slovene
1 entries- zapisovalnik noun (computing: device that records data or music to an optical disc)
Spanish
4 entries- fogón noun (element on a kitchen stove)
- fuego noun (element on a kitchen stove)
- grabador de CD noun (computing: device that records data or music to an optical disc)
- hornalla noun (element on a kitchen stove)
Swedish
1 entries- brännare noun (computing: device that records data or music to an optical disc)
Tamil
2 entries- அடுப்பு noun (computing: device that records data or music to an optical disc)
- குறுந்தகடெழுதி noun (computing: device that records data or music to an optical disc)
Turkish
2 entries- ocak gözü noun (element on a kitchen stove)
- sıcak plaka noun (element on a kitchen stove)
Welsh
4 entries- llosgwr noun (someone or something that burns)
- llosgwr noun (device that burns fuel)
- llosgydd noun (someone or something that burns)
- llosgydd noun (device that generates localized heat for experiments)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
I think we're going to need to put this project on the back burner for a little while.
Source: tatoeba (1955514)
Tom put his career on the back burner and became a house husband, to enable Mary to pursue her career.
Source: tatoeba (4472873)
Tom had put the project on the back burner. But, after receiving several emails about it this week, it suddenly went on the front burner.
Source: tatoeba (5754017)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.