1A device, especially a furnace, in which oil is vaporized and burned to produce heat.
Example sentencesExamples
The difference between mother's waste oil burner and today's commercial models is vast.
It's also not unusual for the soot and fly ash from a wood-fired combination unit to coat the head of the oil burner, requiring frequent cleaning of the oil-burner head.
A properly sized oil burner should run 45 to 50 minutes per hour when the temperature outside is the lowest it gets in your area.
I think the oil burner is making a funny noise and I get up and whack the carbon monoxide detector to make sure it's working.
I was standing in my parents' basement, near the oil burner, which looked more like an old time furnace.
2A vehicle that burns oil as fuel.
Definition of oil burner in US English:
oil burner
noun
1A device, especially a furnace, in which oil is vaporized and burned to produce heat.
Example sentencesExamples
I think the oil burner is making a funny noise and I get up and whack the carbon monoxide detector to make sure it's working.
The difference between mother's waste oil burner and today's commercial models is vast.
I was standing in my parents' basement, near the oil burner, which looked more like an old time furnace.
A properly sized oil burner should run 45 to 50 minutes per hour when the temperature outside is the lowest it gets in your area.
It's also not unusual for the soot and fly ash from a wood-fired combination unit to coat the head of the oil burner, requiring frequent cleaning of the oil-burner head.