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wood-burning en · ADJ

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Designed to, or otherwise capable of, burning wood.
   • a wood-burning stove
   • When it arrived, the train was headed by a "K" class 4-6-0 wood-burning locomotive, and a water-tank wagon next to the tender was immediately besieged by women and girls, clad in their picturesque national costume, all with empty kerosene tins for water, a scene which was re-enacted at each stop down the line. 1943 November and December, G. T. Porter, “The Lines Behind the Lines in Burma”, in Railway Magazine, page 325:
   • A wood-burning light 2-8-0 of Class Tk-3. 1962 June, “Beyond the Channel: Finland: The V.R. in their centenary year”, in Modern Railways, page 418, photo caption:

Forms

Coordinates

coal-fired · oil-fired

Relateds

woodsmoke · wood burner · firewood · woodfire · woodstove

Synonyms

wood-fired