stove

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology 1

Middle English, from Middle Dutch from Middle Low German from Old High German stuba, akin to Old Norse stofa (whence Icelandic stofa (living room) and Danish and Norwegian stue).

[edit] Noun

Singular
stove

Plural
stoves

stove (plural stoves)

  1. A heater, a closed apparatus to burn fuel for the warming of a room.
  2. A device for heating food, (UK) a cooker.
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[edit] Verb

stove

  1. Simple past tense and past participle of stave.

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