Meaning of wood burner | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A heater or stove that burns wood for fuel.
   UK
2. A steam locomotive fuelled with wood instead of coal or oil, mainly used in areas with a plentiful supply of wood.
   historical

Examples

“These wood burners have African drivers with two African firemen who take in turn the two main duties of putting wood into the firebox and moving it forward on the tender.”

“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.”

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