Webster's English Dictionary

Enter the word to look up:

stove

1. stove \'sto-v\ n [ME, fr. MD or MLG, heated room, steam room; akin to 
   OHG stuba heated roo] often attrib m, steam room; both fr. prehistoric 
   WGmc-NGmc word borrowed fr. (assumed) VL extufa, deriv. of L ex- + Gk 
   typhein to smoke - more at DEAF 1a: a portable or fixed apparatus that 
   burns fuel or uses electricity to pr ovide heat (as for cooking or heating) 
   1b: a device that generates heat for special purposes (as for heating tools 
    or heating air for a hot blast) 1c: KILN  chiefly Brit  2: a hothouse esp. 
   for the cultivation of tropical exotics; broadly :: GREENHOUSE
2. stove  past of STAVE