stove

English

/stəʊv/, /stoʊv/

noun
Definitions
  • A heater, a closed apparatus to burn fuel for the warming of a room.
  • A device for heating food, (UK) a cooker.
  • (chiefly) A hothouse heated greenhouse.
  • (dated) A house or room artificially warmed or heated.

Etymology

Derived from Middle Dutch stove derived from Middle Low German stove derived from Proto-Germanic *stubō (room, heated room, living room, oven, sitting room).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*stubō

Gloss

room, heated room, living room, oven, sitting room

Concept
Semantic Field

The house

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

室, 房

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