Bunsen burner

noun

1. a type of gas burner, commonly used in chemical laboratories, with which a very hot, practically nonluminous flame is obtained by allowing air to enter at the base and mix with the gas.

Bunsen burner

/ ˈbʌnsən /

noun

1. a gas burner, widely used in scientific laboratories, consisting of a metal tube with an adjustable air valve at the base

Bunsen burner

1. A small gas burner used in laboratories. It consists of a vertical metal tube connected to a gas fuel source, with adjustable holes at its base. These holes allow air to enter the tube and mix with the gas in order to make a very hot flame.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Bunsen burner¹

First recorded in 1865–70; named after R. W. Bunsen

Word History and Origins

Origin of Bunsen burner¹

C19: named after R. W. Bunsen

Example Sentences

With India coach Rahul Dravid saying the pitch "may turn" - possibly code for it being a raging Bunsen burner - England have gone for the latter.

From BBC

My heart lit up like a Bunsen burner.

From Literature

Ian Fenn, who has since retired from Burnage Academy for Boys in Manchester, said Abedi could "barely light a Bunsen burner" while a pupil at his school.

From BBC

"He wouldn't have known how to make a bomb -he could barely light a Bunsen burner," said Mr Fenn.

From BBC

“Unless,” Jake quickly countered, “revealing them could hurt somebody. For instance, if you knew that someone, say, had created a revolutionary new secret recipe for, I don’t know, bubbling purple goop over a Bunsen burner, and they shared that secret with you, it’d be bad to blab about it to anybody.”

From Literature