heat (up) a stove
21stove */ — UK [stəʊv] / US [stoʊv] noun [countable] Word forms stove : singular stove plural stoves a machine or a piece of equipment that provides heat for cooking or heating a room …
22stove — [15] Stove probably goes back ultimately to Vulgar Latin *extūfāre ‘take a steam bath’ (source also of English stew). From this was derived a noun denoting a ‘heated room used for such baths’, which was disseminated widely throughout the Romance… …
23stove — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. oven, range[tte], cookstove, cooker; heater, furnace; kiln, etna, hot plate, rotisserie. See heat. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. range, cooker, oven. Varieties of stoves include: cooking, heating,… …
24stove enamel — noun Brit. a heatproof enamel produced by heat treatment in a stove …
25stove — I [[t]stoʊv[/t]] n. 1) a portable or fixed apparatus that furnishes heat for warmth or cooking and uses coal, oil, gas, wood, or electricity for fuel or power 2) a heated chamber or box for some special purpose, as firing pottery • Etymology:… …
26stove — [1] To dry a coat of paint in heat. [2] See choke stove …
27stove — I. noun Etymology: Middle English (Scots), heated room, steam bath, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German, from Vulgar Latin *extufa, ultimately from Latin ex + Greek typhein to smoke more at deaf Date: circa 1618 1. a. a portable or fixed… …
28stove — I. /stoʊv / (say stohv) noun 1. an apparatus, portable or fixed, and in many forms, for furnishing heat, as for comfort, cooking, or mechanical purposes, commonly using coal, oil, gas, or electricity. 2. a heated chamber or box for some special… …
29stove — stəʊv n. apparatus which provides heat for cooking or warmth and is powered by electricity or fuel steɪv n. thin strip of wood used to form the sides of a barrel or other similar structure; stick or staff; rung of a ladder or chair; set of… …
30stove — [stəʊv] noun [C] a piece of equipment that provides heat for cooking or for heating a room …
