Definition of Oil burner

1. Noun. A furnace that burns oil.

Exact synonyms: Oil Furnace
Generic synonyms: Furnace

Definition of Oil burner

1. Noun. A heating device which burns fuel oil; an oil furnace. ¹

2. Noun. A machine that uses oil as its fuel. ¹

3. Noun. (idiomatic) A device whose operation causes apparent combustion of lubricating oil. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oil Burner

oikist
oikists
oikocrysts
oiks
oikumene
oikumenes
oil
oil-bearing
oil-canning
oil-fired
oil-hardened steel
oil-industry analyst
oil-water interface
oil bath
oil beetle
oil burner
oil burners
oil business
oil cake
oil cartel
oil change
oil color
oil company
oil conservation
oil cyst
oil embolism
oil field
oil fields
oil filter
oil furnace

Literary usage of Oil burner

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Mr JN Douglass has also introduced a mineral oil burner, which, however, Doty claims as similar in principle to his. By igniting only half the number of ..."

2. Steam Power Plant Engineering by George Frederick Gebhardt (1910)
"Booth Fuel oil burner. 14. Hammel Fuel oil burner. 15. Branch Fuel oil burner. ... Warren Fuel oil burner. 19. Furnace for Burning Fuel Oil, Front Feed. 20. ..."

3. The Science of Railways by Marshall Monroe Kirkman (1904)
"In converting a coal burning engine to an oil burner it is necessary first to ... The oil burner should be secured to the bottom of the mud ring exactly ..."

4. Fuel Oil in Industry by Stephen Osgood Andros (1920)
"Temperature-Capacity Curve for Mechanical oil burner. Texas crude oil (gravity, 18° B., flash point, 240° F.) used in a Peabody burner producing a round ..."

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