oil burner

Petroleum-fueled heater

An oil burner is a heating device that burns fuel oil to produce heat, typically for home heating systems.

The burner atomizes oil and ignites it in a combustion chamber: The oil burner kicked on when the temperature dropped.

In older slang, oil burner referred to a car that burned excessive engine oil, leaving a trail of blue smoke.

heating

furnace

Enclosed heat-producing structure

nozzle · HVAC · pilot light · flame · ignition · combustion · efficiency · chimney · exhaust · ventilation

paraphernalia

pipe

Hollow conveyance channel

stem · torch · gauze · freebase · addiction · drug use · meth · residue · soot · lighter

aromatherapy

diffuser

Device that scatters evenly

ceramic · tealight · wax melt · lavender · eucalyptus · sandalwood · peppermint · vanilla · jasmine · ylang-ylang

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fuel/energy source

oil burnerelectric heater

Plug-in warming device

electric furnace · heat pump · solar heater · gas furnace · gas burner

Family

oil, burn, burning, oily, burned, oiled, oiling, burner, burnable

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Top 200,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G