Baseburner
a stove or furnace with a self-acting fuel hopper over the fire chamber.
noun
(US) a stove into which coal is automatically fed from a hopper above the fire chamber
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a main encampment providing supplies, shelter, and communications for persons engaged in wide-ranging activities, as exploring, reconnaissance, hunting, or mountain climbing. Contemporary Examples These headlamps, Sher realized, belonged to a team of Sherpa descending to base camp. Death on Killer Mountain Amanda Padoan July 5, 2013 Graduating from college was like getting to base camp […]
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a first coat of a surfacing material, as paint. any coat of plastering beneath the finish coat.
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