[stove] n [ME, heated room, steam room, fr. MD or MLG, fr. (assumed) VL extufa, ultim. fr. L ex- + Gk typhein to smoke--more at deaf] (1591) 1 a: a portable or fixed apparatus that burns fuel or uses electricity to provide heat (as for cooking or heating) b: a device that generates heat for special purposes (as for heating tools or heating air for a hot blast) c: kiln
2. chiefly Brit: a hothouse esp. for the cultivation of tropical exotics; broadly: greenhouse
[2]stove past and past part of stave