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stove

The correct spelling is stove.

How to pronounce stove

/stəʊv/
noun

IPA: /stəʊv/

Say it like: Sto-ve

The correct spelling is stove. A heater, a closed apparatus to burn fuel for the warming of a room. For example: "to stove feathers"

Usage Examples

to stove feathers

to stove orange trees

to stave in a cask

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A heater, a closed apparatus to burn fuel for the warming of a room.
  2. 2.A device for heating food, (UK) a cooker.
  3. 3.A hothouse (heated greenhouse).
  4. 4.A house or room artificially warmed or heated.

verb

  1. 1.To heat or dry, as in a stove.
  2. 2.To keep warm, in a house or room, by artificial heat.
  3. 3.To fit or furnish with staves or rundles.
  4. 4.(usually with 'in') To break in the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst.
  5. 5.(with 'off') To push, or keep off, as with a staff.

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