Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Burner \Burn"er\, n.
   1. One who, or that which, burns or sets fire to anything.

   2. The part of a lamp, gas fixture, etc., where the flame is
      produced.

   {Bunsen's burner} (Chem.), a kind of burner, invented by
      Professor Bunsen of Heidelberg, consisting of a straight
      tube, four or five inches in length, having small holes
      for the entrance of air at the bottom. Illuminating gas
      being also admitted at the bottom, a mixture of gas and
      air is formed which burns at the top with a feebly
      luminous but intensely hot flame.

   {Argand burner}, {Rose burner}, etc. See under {Argand},
      {Rose}, etc.

Source : WordNet®

burner
     n 1: an apparatus for burning fuel (or refuse); "a diesel engine
          is an oil burner"
     2: the heating elements of a stove or range on which pots and
        pans are placed for cooking; "the electric range had one
        large burner and three smaller one"