STOVE

Stove

A stove is an enclosed heated space. The term is commonly taken to mean an enclosed space in which fuel is burned to provide heating, either to heat the space in which the stove is situated, or to heat the stove itself and items placed on it. This article is principally concerned with enclosed stoves burning solid fuels for room heating.

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stove

Noun

  1. A heater, a closed apparatus to burn fuel for the warming of a room.
  2. A device for heating food, (UK) a cooker.
  3. A hothouse (in which plants are kept).
  4. A house or room artificially warmed or heated.

Verb

  1. To heat or dry, as in a stove.
    to stove feathers
  2. To keep warm, in a house or room, by artificial heat.
    to stove orange trees

Verb (etymology 2)

stove



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