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stove

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/stəʊv/ English

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noun

  1. A heater, a closed apparatus to burn fuel for the warming of a room.
  2. A device for heating food, (UK) a cooker.
  3. A hothouse (heated greenhouse).
  4. A house or room artificially warmed or heated.

verb

  1. To heat or dry, as in a stove.“to stove feathers”
  2. To keep warm, in a house or room, by artificial heat.“to stove orange trees”

verb

  1. To fit or furnish with staves or rundles.
  2. (usually with 'in') To break in the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst.“to stave in a cask”
  3. (with 'off') To push, or keep off, as with a staff.
  4. (usually with 'off') To delay by force or craft; to drive away.“We ate grass in an attempt to stave off our hunger.”

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