n.
Pronunciation: ' st ō v
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English (Sc), 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