1. n. & v.
--n.
1. a closed apparatus burning fuel or electricity for heating or cooking.
2 Brit. Hort. a hothouse with artificial heat.
--v.tr. Brit. force or raise (plants) in a stove.
Phrases and idioms:
stove-enamel a heatproof enamel produced by the treatment of enamelled objects in a stove. stove-pipe a pipe conducting smoke and gases from a stove to a chimney. stove-pipe hat colloq. a tall silk hat.
Etymology: ME sweating-room, f. MDu., MLG stove, OHG stuba f. Gmc, perh. rel. to STEW(1) 2. past and past part. of STAVE v.