Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A stove for cooking.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a stove for cooking, especially a wood- or coal-burning kitchen stove.
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- noun A stove used for cooking.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a stove for cooking (especially a wood- or coal-burning kitchen stove)
Etymologies
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Examples
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An 1837 issue of the Maine Farmer called the cookstove “a pretty effectual cure for ‘smoking houses and scolding wives.’”
One Big Table Molly O’Neill 2010
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The cookstove was the only source of heat, the range top also serving as a work counter.
Stands a Calder Man Janet Dailey 1983
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The cookstove was the only source of heat, the range top also serving as a work counter.
Stands a Calder Man Janet Dailey 1983
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There’s a cistern located directly behind the kitchen’s cookstove, which is never let to go out during the entire winter, but burns all night and day, so there’s always hot water at the ready.
One Night in Scotland Karen Hawkins 2010
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Bad start -- Brasel shredded his finger on a mandoline, Pagano's gas cookstove was dead.
Ellen Kanner: Meatless Monday: Steak Chefs Go Meatless for Culinary Clash Ellen Kanner 2010
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Bad start -- Brasel shredded his finger on a mandoline, Pagano's gas cookstove was dead.
Ellen Kanner: Meatless Monday: Steak Chefs Go Meatless for Culinary Clash Ellen Kanner 2010
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He used only the six-burner coal cookstove in his 1859 bowfront house and as many authentic ingredients as possible while avoiding modern conveniences such as the food processor.
Two Years Before the Repast Victorino Matus 2010
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Bad start -- Brasel shredded his finger on a mandoline, Pagano's gas cookstove was dead.
Ellen Kanner: Meatless Monday: Steak Chefs Go Meatless for Culinary Clash Ellen Kanner 2010
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I'd have bandaged Brasel's finger and shot a fresh can of propane into Pagano's cookstove, but it wasn't up to me.
Ellen Kanner: Meatless Monday: Steak Chefs Go Meatless for Culinary Clash Ellen Kanner 2010
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Bad start -- Brasel shredded his finger on a mandoline, Pagano's gas cookstove was dead.
Ellen Kanner: Meatless Monday: Steak Chefs Go Meatless for Culinary Clash Ellen Kanner 2010
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