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burn‧er
[countable]
[countable]1 British English the part of an oven or heater that produces heat or a flame : 
a gas burner
a gas burner
2 American English one of the round parts on the top of a cooker that produce heat
3 to delay doing something until a later time : The government quietly put the scheme on the back burner.
put/leave something on the back burner
informalThe government quietly put the scheme on the back burner.
