Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An offline device used to burst computer printouts.
- n. An astrophysical object that emits a brief but intense burst of gamma or x-radiation.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who bursts; one who breaks in pieces.
- n. In mining, a blast-hole bored in solid coal not previously made ready for blasting by shearing or holing.
Wiktionary
- n. One who, or that which, bursts (causes to burst).
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One that bursts.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
Etymologies
- burst + -er (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The kind of white phosphorus artillery shells used as incendiary munitions are those called burster-type white phosphorus, and Global Security explains the difference between the incendiary and smoke rounds in sufficient detail.”
“The kind of white phosphorus artillery shells used as incendiary munitions are those called burster-type white phosphorus, and Global Security explains the difference between the incendiary and smoke rounds”
“Later on in the day I filled the holes in the roof outside with blocks of ice and frozen earth, in fact anything I could find to act as a 'burster' in case of further shelling.”
“We had heard an awful report of the commodore, who was called a "burster," and expected sharp times under him; and his manner of taking possession was of a nature to alarm us.”
“If anything, the WMC is using this info as a bubble-burster for industry insiders who, like those politicos too long in Washington DC, may be out of touch with the rest of the nation.”
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“Courtesy of that ubiquitous burster of Internet myths Snopes, here are a few famous, infamous, fraudulent, unbelievable (and a few that are true) snake-related e-mail hoaxes.”
“Courtesy of that ubiquitous burster of Internet myths Snopes, here are a few more famous, infamous, fraudulent, unbelievable (and a few that are true) snake-related e-mail hoaxes.”
“Yellowstone could erupt, The San Andreas fault could go, we copuld get hit by a rock from space or a gamma ray burster.”
“The first one will always be the most frightening, because the beast we put together with Giger and all its parts - the face-hugger, the chest-burster, the egg - they were all totally original, and that's hard to follow. ...”
“In this case, a fine mixture of ground asbestos mixed with some suitable cementing agent, then the necessary hole is bored out for the burster charge and fuse.”
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Coal Mining Terms
Coal mining has engendered fascinating subcultures in industry, labor, music, folklore, environment and energy. It has a rich vocabulary as well, and I've encountered some gorgeous mining words. I...
firedamp, scrip, bituminous, anthracite, company store, blackdamp, brattice, bug dust, tipple, whitedamp, float dust, fly ash and 136 more...
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