Meaning of charcoal burner | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A person whose job it is to make charcoal, traditionally by carbonizing wood in a charcoal clamp or a kiln.
2. A heater or brazier in which charcoal is burnt.
3. An edible European mushroom (Russula cyanoxantha).

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Examples

“1881, H.L. Brækstad (translator), Round the Yule Log⟳: Norwegian Folk and Fairy Tales, page 308, "The Charcoal-Burner", translation of "Kullbrenneren", Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, in Norske Folke-Eventyr. Ny Samling 1871. There was once upon a time a charcoal-burner who had a son; and he was also a charcoal-burner.”

“Here in Canada very few people gather charcoal burners for food, as it is tricky to identify⟳.”

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