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- [oil bur-ner]
- /ɔɪl ˈbɜr nər/
- /ɔɪl ˈbɜː.nər/
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- [oil bur-ner]
- /ɔɪl ˈbɜr nər/
Definition of oil burner words
- noun oil burner a furnace, boiler, or other device that burns fuel oil. 1
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Origin of oil burner
First appearance:
before 1895 One of the 18% newest English words
First recorded in 1895-1900
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Oil burner
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
oil burner popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
oil burner usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for oil burner
noun oil burner
- automobile — An automobile is a car.
- boiler — A boiler is a device which burns gas, oil, electricity, or coal in order to provide hot water, especially for the central heating in a building.
- bucket of bolts — (Idiomatic) A piece of machinery that is not worth more than its scrap value, often of old cars.
- cinerator — an incinerator.
- clunker — If you describe a machine, especially a car, as a clunker, you mean that it is very old and almost falling apart.
Antonyms for oil burner
noun oil burner
- freezer — a refrigerator, refrigerator compartment, cabinet, or room held at or below 32°F (0°C), used especially for preserving and storing food.
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