oil burner
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- noun
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calentador de aceite
- The oil burner isn't on.
Examples
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And I know about the oil burner.
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I left them by the oil burner.
Fiction book (1991) -
There's a full basement where we have an ultramodern central heating furnace with copper pipes, an oil burner.
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In my own neighborhood, the installation of oil burners, with the excavations into the pavement for pipes and fuel tanks, was unfailingly a neighborhood event, a sign of progress.
Fiction book (1995) -
The old factory relied on an oil burner to heat the large production area during winter.
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The technician serviced the oil burner to ensure it operated efficiently throughout the colder months.
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Farms in the region often use an oil burner for heating barns and keeping livestock warm.
Synonyms
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A small heater that burns kerosene to warm a room
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A machine that burns oil to heat a home or building
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A heater that burns oil such as kerosene to warm a room or cook food
A stove that uses oil like kerosene for heating or cooking
A portable device that burns kerosine to warm a room or cook food
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a device that burns oil to produce heat' is directly and transparently composed from 'oil' (a combustible liquid used as fuel) and 'burner' (an apparatus that combusts fuel). This straightforward noun–noun compound follows common compositional patterns found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Oil burner The name oil burner comes from the simple image of a machine that burns oil with a burner to make heat. That's why oil burner means 'a machine that uses oil as fuel to produce heat'.