noun
small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a larger gas burner
• Syn: ↑pilot light, ↑pilot
• Hypernyms: ↑gas burner, ↑gas jet
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noun : a small burner kept lighted to rekindle the principal burner (as in a flash boiler)
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pilot burner, pilot jet or pilot light noun
A small gas-burner kept alight to light another (see also ↑pilot lamp below)
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Main Entry: ↑pilot
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pilot burner,
= pilot light. (Cf. ↑pilot light)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.