STOVE


Meaning of STOVE in English

I. ˈstōv noun

Etymology: Middle English (Scots), heated room, steam bath, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German, from Vulgar Latin * extufa, ultimately from Latin ex- + Greek typhein to smoke — more at deaf

Date: circa 1618

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 British : a hothouse especially for the cultivation of tropical exotics ; broadly : greenhouse

II.

past and past participle of stave

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.