camp stove


noun
  1. a portable stove used for cooking or heating, especially outdoors.

Origin of camp stove

1
An Americanism dating back to 1860–65

Words Nearby camp stove

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How to use camp stove in a sentence

  • The camp-stove was set up in the trail, and the others gathered round it, eating in the rain.

    Tenting To-night | Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • We derive comfort around our camp stove with a roaring fire this morning, but about noon it grew hot enough for comfort.

    An Artilleryman's Diary | Jenkin Lloyd Jones
  • As he threw an armful of wood behind the sheet-iron camp stove, Bruce gave a disparaging poke at a pan of yeast bread set to rise.

    The Man from the Bitter Roots | Caroline Lockhart
  • He drew the fuel beside the tiny, sheet-iron camp stove, and tied fast the flap of the canvas tent.

    The Man from the Bitter Roots | Caroline Lockhart
  • The man filled a coffeepot from a water bag, brought out a propane-powered single-burner camp stove, and started the coffee going.

    The Scarlet Lake Mystery | Harold Leland Goodwin