wood burner

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word wood burner. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word wood burner, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say wood burner in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word wood burner you have here. The definition of the word wood burner will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofwood burner, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia
A wood-burning locomotive or wood burner, of the Texas and St. Louis Railway, also known as the Cotton Belt Route

Noun

wood burner (plural wood burners)

  1. (UK) A heater or stove that burns wood for fuel.
  2. (rail transport, chiefly historical) A steam locomotive fuelled with wood instead of coal or oil, mainly used in areas with a plentiful supply of wood.
    • 1962 June, “Beyond the Channel: Finland: The V.R in their centenary year”, in Modern Railways, page 418:
      A considerable number of engines are wood-burners, although with ample supplies of soft coal from Russia, the adherence to wood-burning may be nothing more than a form of Government subsidy to the timber trade.

Alternative forms

Related terms

References

Anagrams