wood burner

English

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

  • wood-burner

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