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Meaning of 'stove'
Meaning of 'stove' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Stove 
- of Stave - imp. of Stave.
2. Stove [ n.]
- A house or room artificially warmed or heated; a forcing
house, or hothouse; a drying room; -- formerly, designating an
artificially warmed dwelling or room, a parlor, or a bathroom, but now
restricted, in this sense, to heated houses or rooms used for
horticultural purposes or in the processes of the arts. [ n.]- An apparatus, consisting essentially of a receptacle for fuel, made of iron, brick, stone, or tiles, and variously constructed, in which fire is made or kept for warming a room or a house, or for culinary or other purposes.
3. Stove [ v. t.]
- To keep warm, in a house or room, by artificial heat; as,
to stove orange trees. [ v. t.]- To heat or dry, as in a stove; as, to stove feathers.
Meaning of 'stove' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. stove [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- a kitchen appliance used for cooking food
- a kitchen appliance used for cooking food
Example in sentence:
- dinner was already on the stove
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