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noun an apparatus for burning fuel (or refuse)
noun the heating elements of a stove or range on which pots and pans are placed for cooking
originFrom burn + -er. Merged with and eclipsed related Middle English brennar, brennere (“an incendiary, incinerator”). Compare German Brenner (“burner”), Swedish brännare (“burner”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0