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stove


Main Entry: 1stove
Pronunciation: \ˈstōv\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English (Scots), heated room, steam bath, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German, from Vulgar Latin *extufa, ultimately from Latin ex- + Greek typhein to smoke — more at deaf
Date: circa 1618

1 a : a portable or fixed apparatus that burns fuel or uses electricity to provide heat (as for cooking or heating) b : a device that generates heat for special purposes (as for heating tools or heating air for a hot blast) c : kiln
2 chiefly British : a hothouse especially for the cultivation of tropical exotics; broadly : greenhouse


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