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PILOT BURNER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pilot burner mean?
• PILOT BURNER (noun)
The noun PILOT BURNER has 1 sense:
1. small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a larger gas burner
Familiarity information: PILOT BURNER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a larger gas burner
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
pilot; pilot burner; pilot light
Hypernyms ("pilot burner" is a kind of...):
gas burner; gas jet (burner such that combustible gas issues from a nozzle to form a steady flame)
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