gas burner

the tip, jet, or nozzle from which gas issues, as on a stove.

a stove or the like that burns gas as a fuel.

Origin of gas burner

First recorded in 1805–15

A remarkable instance of this took place lately, where a gas-burner set fire to a ceiling 28-1/2 inches from it.

Fire Prevention and Fire Extinction |James Braidwood
From the gas-burner which he lit rose a flame equal to a jet of electric light.

From the Earth to the Moon, Direct in Ninety-Seven Hours and Twenty Minutes: and a Trip Round It |Jules Verne
I struck a wax match and touched it to the gas-burner overhead.

In Search of the Unknown |Robert W. Chambers
The first gas-burner was a very simple and unpretentious contrivance.

Gas Burners |Owen Merriman

The flame from a gas-burner will answer as well as the spirit-lamp.

Every Boy's Book: A Complete Encyclopdia of Sports and Amusements |Various

gas burner

Also called: gas jet a jet or nozzle from which a combustible gas issues in order to form a stable flame

an assembly of such jets or nozzles, used esp in cooking