cookstove

[kook-stohv]

noun

1. a wood- or coal-burning stove stave for use in cooking. cooking. cook.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cookstove¹

First recorded in 1805–15; cook ¹ + stove ¹

Example Sentences

Smoke-spewing cookstoves and fires are responsible for around 2 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions — roughly equivalent to the carbon contribution of global air travel.

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For the category of other technologies, the researchers found a significant increase in priority for household and community carbon offset projects, mainly due to improved cookstove programs in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Providing efficient cookstoves now represents the fastest growing project type on the voluntary carbon market, with the second largest share of issued credits in the first ten months of 2023.

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And when the same space is used for cooking, living and sleeping, the entire family is exposed to cookstove fumes.

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Clean cookstove projects are also popular in Africa which generate carbon credits by substituting a polluting cooking method for one with lower emissions.

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