stove
(noun) any heating apparatus
stove, kitchen stove, range, kitchen range, cooking stove
(noun) a kitchen appliance used for cooking food; “dinner was already on the stove”
stave, stave in
(verb) burst or force (a hole) into something
stave
(verb) furnish with staves; “stave a ladder”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
stove (plural stoves)
A heater, a closed apparatus to burn fuel for the warming of a room.
A device for heating food, (UK) a cooker.
(chiefly, UK) A hothouse (heated greenhouse).
(dated) A house or room artificially warmed or heated.
stove (third-person singular simple present stoves, present participle stoving, simple past and past participle stoved)
(transitive) To heat or dry, as in a stove.
(transitive) To keep warm, in a house or room, by artificial heat.
stove
simple past tense and past participle of stave
• Stevo, Votes, ovest, vetos, votes
Source: Wiktionary
Stove,
Definition: imp. of Stave.
Stove, n. Etym: [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, Stew, Stufa.]
1. 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. When most of the waiters were commanded away to their supper, the parlor or stove being nearly emptied, in came a company of musketeers. Earl of Strafford. How tedious is it to them that live in stoves and caves half a year together, as in Iceland, Muscovy, or under the pole! Burton.
2. 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. Cooking stove, a stove with an oven, opening for pots, kettles, and the like, -- used for cooking.
– Dry stove. See under Dry.
– Foot stove. See under Foot.
– Franklin stove. See in the Vocabulary.
– Stove plant (Bot.), a plant which requires artificial heat to make it grow in cold or cold temperate climates.
– Stove plate, thin iron castings for the parts of stoves.
Stove, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stoved; p. pr. & vb. n. Stoving.]
1. To keep warm, in a house or room, by artificial heat; as, to stove orange trees. Bacon.
2. To heat or dry, as in a stove; as, to stove feathers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 May 2025
(adjective) not developed, improved, exploited or used; “vast unexploited (or undeveloped) natural resources”; “taxes on undeveloped lots are low”
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
