woodstove

noun

wood·​stove ˈwu̇d-ˌstōv How to pronounce woodstove (audio)
: a stove that uses wood for fuel

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The lodge is basic and isolated, heated by a lone woodstove and without indoor plumbing, cell service, or internet. Jesse James McTigue, Outside Online, 20 Mar. 2025 The popularity of woodstoves peaked in Japan in the years after the meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in 2011. Hannah Kirshner, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2025 The spare bedroom of my apartment sits at an ambient 48 degrees Fahrenheit because the woodstove is upstairs and, shocker, heat rises. The Editors, Outside Online, 27 Dec. 2024 But a cotton canvas tent and a metal woodstove is a lot of weight, space, and money. Wes Siler, Outside Online, 6 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for woodstove

Word History

First Known Use

1847, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of woodstove was in 1847

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“Woodstove.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/woodstove. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.

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