Woodburners

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Devices designed to burn wood as fuel for heating or cooking purposes
2. appliances primarily used for domestic thermal comfort and warmth
3. structures that utilize combustion of wood to generate heat for residential use

Etymology: "Woodburners" is simply the plural of "woodburner," a stove or heater that burns wood as its fuel. The word is built from two plain English parts: "wood," the material, and "burner," from the verb "burn," with the agent suffix "-er" marking the device that does the burning. The plural form follows the regular English pattern of adding "-s," so the sense stays the same: more than one appliance of this kind, or the category as a whole.

Synonyms: stoves, heaters, fireplaces, boilers, furnaces