stove
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/stəʊv/
English
Definitions
noun
- A heater, a closed apparatus to burn fuel for the warming of a room.
- A device for heating food, (UK) a cooker.
- A hothouse (heated greenhouse).
- A house or room artificially warmed or heated.
verb
- To heat or dry, as in a stove.“to stove feathers”
- To keep warm, in a house or room, by artificial heat.“to stove orange trees”
verb
- To fit or furnish with staves or rundles.
- (usually with 'in') To break in the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst.“to stave in a cask”
- (with 'off') To push, or keep off, as with a staff.
- (usually with 'off') To delay by force or craft; to drive away.“We ate grass in an attempt to stave off our hunger.”
Related words
Synonyms
rangecooking stovekitchen rangekitchen stovefurnacesmelterkilnheaterheatinggascoalappliancecookerfireburnerstraw