Found 2 hits - Term: cooking stove, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
stove \stove\, n. d. stoof a foot stove, originally, a heated
room, a room for a bath; akin to g. stube room, ohg. stuba a
heated room, as. stofe, icel. stofa a room, bathing room, sw.
stufva, stuga, a room, dan. stue; of unknown origin. cf.
estufa, stew, stufa.
1. 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.
1913 webster
when most of the waiters were commanded away to
their supper, the parlor or stove being nearly
emptied, in came a company of musketeers. --earl of
strafford.
1913 webster
how tedious is it to them that live in stoves and
caves half a year together, as in iceland, muscovy,
or under the pole --burton.
1913 webster
2. 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.
1913 webster
3. hence, in modern dwellings: an appliance having a top
surface with fittings suitable for heating pots and pans
for cooking, frying, or boiling food, most commonly heated
by gas or electricity, and often combined with an oven in
a single unit; a cooking stove. such units commonly have
two to six heating surfaces, called burners, even if they
are heated by electricity rather than a gas flame.
pjc
cooking stove, a stove with an oven, opening for pots,
kettles, and the like, -- used for cooking.
dry stove. see under dry.
foot stove. see under foot.
franklin stove. see in the vocabulary.
stove plant bot., a plant which requires artificial heat
to make it grow in cold or cold temperate climates.
stove plate, thin iron castings for the parts of stoves.
1913 webster
see also:
estufa stew stufa cooking stove cooking stove dry stove
dry foot stove foot franklin stove stove plant
stove plate
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
cooking stove
n : a kitchen appliance used for cooking food; "dinner was
already on the stove" syn: stove, kitchen stove, range,
kitchen range
see also:
stove kitchen stove range kitchen range
Results 1 - 5 of 5 found about cooking stove: Stove
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Stove, definition of term: Stove
stove_pag1.html Cooking
>> C Words
Cooking, definition of term: Cooking
cooking_pag1.html Stove Bolt
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Stove Bolt, definition of term: Stove Bolt
stove+bolt_pag1.html Primus Stove
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Primus Stove, definition of term: Primus Stove
primus+stove_pag1.html Gas Stove
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Gas Stove, definition of term: Gas Stove
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