stove
stove Lexical Profile
stove Game Scores & Validity
• noun
An apparatus used for cooking or heating that operates by burning solid fuel, gas, or using electricity.
"She placed the cast-iron kettle on the stove to boil water for morning tea."
A hothouse or heated chamber used for cultivating plants requiring high temperatures.
"The Victorian botanist kept his delicate tropical orchids in a glass stove during the harsh winter months."
• verb
To heat, dry, or treat an object or material inside a stove or heated chamber.
"The industrial manufacturer stoved the painted metal car parts to properly cure the enamel finish."
Word Nuance & Usage
As a noun, 'stove' is often used interchangeably with 'range' (American English) or 'cooker' (British English). It is also frequently encountered as the irregular past tense and past participle of the verb 'stave' (e.g., 'the ship's hull was stove in').
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English 'stove' (a heated room, bathhouse), borrowed from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German 'stove', of uncertain further origin but possibly related to Vulgar Latin 'extufa' (sweat room).
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