stove

n. apparatus which provides heat for cooking or warmth and is powered by electricity or fuel

v. break the staves of; smash a hole in; break, smash to bits; supply with staves; become crushed in

A Stove is a self-contained heating appliance which heats one space, either the individual room-space it is in (as with heating stoves), or just its own space (as with a cooking stove). Stoves may be an improvement on open fires in that they are easier to control, more efficient and create less pollution.
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imp. of Stave.
  

(v. t.)
To keep warm, in a house or room, by artificial heat; as, to stove orange trees.
  

(v. t.)
To heat or dry, as in a stove; as, to stove feathers.
  

(n.)
An apparatus, consisting essentially of a receptacle for fuel, made of iron, brick, stone, or tiles, and variously constructed, in which fire is made or kept for warming a room or a house, or for culinary or other purposes.
  

(n.)
A house or room artificially warmed or heated; a forcing house, or hothouse; a drying room; -- formerly, designating an artificially warmed dwelling or room, a parlor, or a bathroom, but now restricted, in this sense, to heated houses or rooms used for horticultural purposes or in the processes of the arts.
  

Noun
1. a kitchen appliance used for cooking food; "dinner was already on the stove"
(synonym) kitchen stove, range, kitchen range, cooking stove
(hypernym) kitchen appliance
(hyponym) charcoal burner
(part-meronym) grate, grating
2. any heating apparatus
(hypernym) heater, warmer

Noun
1. (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
(synonym) staff
(hypernym) musical notation
(part-meronym) staff line
(classification) music
2. one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
(synonym) lag
(hypernym) slat, spline
(part-holonym) barrel, cask
3. a crosspiece between the legs of a chair
(synonym) rung, round
(hypernym) crosspiece
(part-holonym) straight chair, side chair
Verb
1. furnich with staves; "stave a ladder"
(hypernym) equip, fit, fit out, outfit
(derivation) rung, round
2. burst or force (a hole) into something
(synonym) stave in
(hypernym) burst, split, break open

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