Definition of "gas burner" []

• A nozzle or jet on a fitting through which combustible gas is released to burn. Also called gas jet. (noun)

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• "The murderer’s first reflex, on hearing us, would undoubtedly have been to smash the gas burner in his room."
• "Then Batist took a break and poured a cup of coffee for himself from a drip pot on the gas burner and dropped a red quarter into the jukebox and played Guitar Slim’s “I Done Got Over It.”"