🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

queimador

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ke.i.ma.ˈdoʁ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Burner/ˈbɜrnər/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O queimador do fogão acendeu rapidamente."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A device or appliance that produces a flame or heat for cooking or heating.

    "The gas burner on the stove ignited quickly, allowing her to start cooking dinner."
  2. 2

    A person or thing that burns something.

    "The factory uses a large burner to incinerate waste materials."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'burner' originates from the Old English 'byrnan', meaning 'to burn', which evolved through Middle English as 'burnen'. The suffix '-er' denotes an agent or something that performs an action, thus 'burner' refers to something that causes burning.

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