baseburner

base·burn·er

(bās′bûr′nər)

A coal stove with a hopper that replenishes itself from above as lower layers of fuel are consumed.

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baseburner

(ˈbeɪsˌbɜːnə)

(Cookery) US a stove into which coal is automatically fed from a hopper above the fire chamber

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base′burn`er

or base′ burn`er or base′-burn`er,

a stove with a self-acting fuel hopper over the fire chamber.

[1870, Amer.]

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