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stove1 definition

stove (stōv)

noun

  1. an apparatus using fuel or electricity for heating a room, for cooking, etc.
  2. any heated chamber or room, as a kiln for drying manufactured articles

Etymology: ME < MDu, heated room, akin to Ger stube, sitting room, OE stofa, hot air bath < early borrowing < VL *extufa, back-form. < *extufare, to steam, stew

stove2 definition

stove (stōv)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

stave

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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