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| stove [ stōv ] |
noun (plural stoves) |
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1. appliance for cooking or heating: an appliance that uses electricity, gas, or solid fuel to produce heat for cooking or for heating
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2. heat-producing chamber or device: a chamber or device that is used to heat or dry something, e.g. a kiln
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transitive verb (past and past participle stoved, present participle stov·ing, 3rd person present singular stoves) |
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industry heat something in stove: to treat something by heating it in a stove in order to coat it with a surface such as enamel
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| [15th century. Probably < Middle Dutch or Middle Low German, "heated room"] |
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