Woodstoves

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Enclosed heating appliances that burn wood as fuel to warm a room, often made of cast iron or steel with a door and flue
2. Metal heaters fueled by logs that give off warmth through a chimney pipe, commonly used in homes and cabins for heating
3. Closed firebox units designed to burn timber for domestic warmth, usually fitted with a vent to release smoke outdoors

Etymology: "Woodstoves" is simply the plural of "woodstove", a compound of "wood" and "stove". Its two parts are both old English words: "wood" is a plain Germanic term for timber or a forest, and "stove" comes from Middle English "stove", a heated room or enclosed heating device, which is the source of the modern sense of a closed appliance for cooking or warmth. Combining them names a stove fuelled by wood, distinguishing it from ones burning coal, gas or oil.

Synonyms: stove, wood-burning stove