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The kitchen had two notable features—a big cast-iron woodstove on which everything was cooked, and a dishwasher that stood up like a blockhouse, designed to receive trays two feet by two with wire-mesh bottoms and sides four inches high.—John McPhee, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026 Inside, a fire crackled in the woodstove.—Gina Decaprio Vercesi, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026 In one corner stood a spartan single bed, in the other a small woodstove.—Michael Pollan, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026 Wood containing more than 25% moisture is considered green and should never be burned in a fireplace or woodstove in a building.—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for woodstove