stove heating
1Stove — Stove, n. [D. stoof a foot stove, originally, a heated room, a room for a bath; akin to G. stube room, OHG. stuba a heated room, AS. stofe, Icel. stofa a room, bathing room, Sw. stufva, stuga, a room, Dan. stue; of unknown origin. Cf. {Estufa},… …
2Stove plant — Stove Stove, n. [D. stoof a foot stove, originally, a heated room, a room for a bath; akin to G. stube room, OHG. stuba a heated room, AS. stofe, Icel. stofa a room, bathing room, Sw. stufva, stuga, a room, Dan. stue; of unknown origin. Cf.… …
3Stove plate — Stove Stove, n. [D. stoof a foot stove, originally, a heated room, a room for a bath; akin to G. stube room, OHG. stuba a heated room, AS. stofe, Icel. stofa a room, bathing room, Sw. stufva, stuga, a room, Dan. stue; of unknown origin. Cf.… …
4stove — (n.) mid 15c., heated room, bath room, from M.L.G. or M.Du. stove, both meaning heated room, which was the original sense in English; a general West Germanic word (Cf. O.E. stofa bath room, Ger. Stube sitting room ) of uncertain relationship to… …
5stove enamel — noun A type of heatproof enamel produced by heating an enamelled article in a stove • • • Main Entry: ↑stove …
6stove — [1] ► NOUN ▪ an apparatus for cooking or heating that operates by burning fuel or using electricity. ORIGIN Dutch or Low German …
7stove — stove1 [stōv] n. [ME < MDu, heated room, akin to Ger stube, sitting room, OE stofa, hot air bath < early borrowing < VL * extufa, back form. < * extufare, to steam, STEW1] 1. an apparatus using fuel or electricity for heating a room,… …
8Stove — A stove is an enclosed heated space. The term is commonly taken to mean an enclosed space in which fuel is burned to provide heating, either to heat the space in which the stove is situated or to heat the stove itself, and items placed on it, for …
9stove — stove1 /stohv/, n., v., stoved, stoving. n. 1. a portable or fixed apparatus that furnishes heat for warmth, cooking, etc., commonly using coal, oil, gas, wood, or electricity as a source of power. 2. a heated chamber or box for some special… …
10heating — I Process of raising the temperature of an enclosed space. Heat can be delivered by convection, radiation, and thermal conduction. With the exception of the ancient Romans, who developed a form of central heating, most cultures relied on direct… …