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stove 1
(stōv)n.
1. An apparatus in which electricity or a fuel is used to furnish heat, as for cooking or warmth.
2. A device that produces heat for specialized, especially industrial, purposes.
3. A kiln.
4. Chiefly British A hothouse.
[Middle English, heated room, probably from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch, both probably from Vulgar Latin *extūfa, from *extūfāre, to heat with steam; see stew.]
stove 2
(stōv)v.
A past tense and a past participle of stave.
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stove
(stəʊv)n
1. (Cookery) another word for cooker1
2. (General Engineering) any heating apparatus, such as a kiln
vb (tr)
3. (General Engineering) to process (ceramics, metalwork, etc) by heating in a stove
4. (Cookery) Scot to stew (meat, vegetables, etc)
[Old English stofa bathroom; related to Old High German stuba steam room, Greek tuphos smoke]
stove
(stəʊv)vb
a past tense and past participle of stave
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stove1
(stoʊv)n.
1. a portable or fixed apparatus that furnishes heat for warmth or cooking and uses coal, oil, gas, wood, or electricity for fuel or power.
2. a heated chamber or box for some special purpose, as firing pottery.
[1425–75; (n.) late Middle English: sweat bath, heated room, probably < Middle Dutch, Middle Low German, c. Old English stofa, stofu heated room for bathing, Old High German stuba, Old Norse stofa; probably Germanic borrowing < Vulgar Latin *extupa,*extūpa, n. derivative of *extūpāre,*extūfāre to fill with vapor = Latin ex- ex-1 + Vulgar Latin *-tūfāre < Greek typhein to raise smoke, smoke]
stove2
(stoʊv)v.
a pt. and pp. of stave.
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stove
Past participle: stoved
Gerund: stoving
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stove |
stove |
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Noun | 1. | ![]() charcoal burner - a stove that burns charcoal as fuel cookstove - a stove for cooking (especially a wood- or coal-burning kitchen stove) electric range - a kitchen range in which the heat for cooking is provided by electric power kitchen appliance - a home appliance used in preparing food potbelly stove, potbelly - a bulbous stove in which wood or coal is burned Primus stove, Primus - a portable paraffin cooking stove; used by campers spirit stove - a stove that burns a volatile liquid fuel such as alcohol |
2. | stove - any heating apparatus |
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stove
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Translations
مَوْقِدمَوْقِد، مِدْفأَه، وِجاق
kamnasporákpec
komfurovnkakkelovn
hellaliesiuuni
štednjakpeć
kályhatűzhely
eldavél
ストーブ料理用レンジ
스토브요리 기구
krāsnsplīts
sobă
kuhalnikpečštedilnik
пећ
spisugneldstadhärd
เตาทำอาหารเตาหุงอาหาร
bếp
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stove
[ˈstəʊv] n (= cooker) → cuisinière f
gas stove → cuisinière f à gaz
electric stove → cuisinière f électrique camping stove
gas stove → cuisinière f à gaz
electric stove → cuisinière f électrique camping stove
(for heating) → poêle m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
stove
stove
:stove enamel
n → Einbrennlack m
stovepipe
n → Ofenrohr nt
stovepipe hat
n (inf) → Angströhre f (inf), → Zylinder m
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stove
(stəuv) noun an apparatus using coal, gas, electricity or other fuel, used for cooking, or for heating a room. a gas/electric (cooking) stove; Put the saucepan on the stove.
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stove
→ مَوْقِد sporák komfur, ovn Herd, Ofen κουζίνα, σόμπα cocina, estufa, hornilla liesi cuisinière, poêle štednjak fornello, stufa 料理用レンジ 스토브, 요리 기구 fornuis, kachel komfyr kuchenka, piecyk fogão кухонная плита spis เตาทำอาหาร, เตาหุงอาหาร ocak, soba bếp 炉子, 炊具Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009