English Dictionary

wood burner

noun

(UK) A heater or stove that burns wood for fuel. / (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.

I love sitting by the wood burner on cold winter nights.

意味（1）

(UK) A heater or stove that burns wood for fuel.

意味（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.

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.