stove
noun
[ stəʊv ]
• an apparatus for cooking or heating that operates by burning fuel or using electricity.
• a hothouse for plants.
stove
verb
• fumigate or disinfect (a house) with sulphur or other fumes.
• treat (an object) by heating it in a stove in order to apply a desired surface coating.
• force or raise (plants) in a hothouse.
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘sweating room’): from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German stove ; perhaps related to the noun stew1. Current verb senses date from the early 17th century.
stove
verb
• past and past participle of stave.
stave in
• break something by forcing it inwards or piercing it roughly.
• "the door was staved in"
