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: kiln2chiefly British : a hothouse especially for the cultivation of tropical exotics ; broadly : greenhouse