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camp stove

American  

noun

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


Etymology

Origin of camp stove

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65

Example Sentences

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The UK Ministry of Defence said in 2022 that the fire had likely been caused by a camp stove knocked over during the training exercise in the conservancy.

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2025

It features big eyes made out of a Coleman camp stove grill with eyelashes scavenged from a neighbor’s leftover artificial turf.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2024

Never use a generator, gasoline-powered engine, camp stove or charcoal-burning device in a confined or semi-confined space, such as your home, basement or garage, health experts say.

From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2022

He and his wife packed their car with bottled water, flashlights, battery packs for their cellphones and a camp stove before evacuating.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2022

They stood at either end of the small space separated by a crude kitchen with a camp stove.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides