baseburner

or base burn·er, base-burn·er

[ beys-bur-ner ]

noun

1. a stove or furnace with a self-acting fuel hopper over the fire chamber.

baseburner

/ ˈbeɪsˌbɜːnə /

noun

1. a stove into which coal is automatically fed from a hopper above the fire chamber

Word History and Origins

Origin of baseburner¹

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75; base ¹ + burner

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