Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oil burner

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English

Syllables: oil burn-er
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A heating device which burns fuel oil; an oil furnace.

noun

A machine that uses oil as its fuel.

noun

A device whose operation causes apparent combustion of lubricating oil.

Inflected Forms

oil burners (plural)

Phrases

oil-burning oil burner route

Frequently Paired Words

oil-burning oil burner route

Synonyms

oil furnace

Questions

What does oil burner mean?: A heating device which burns fuel oil; an oil furnace.

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