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cookstove

American  
[kook-stohv] / ˈkʊkˌstoʊv /

noun

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


Etymology

Origin of cookstove

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

Example Sentences

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The Kenyan clean cookstove project developer Koko Networks went bankrupt at the end of January, in part because it failed to negotiate a letter of authorization with the government.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

The UC Berkeley study not only documents the extent of the quality issues on the offset market, but also offers specific recommendations to align cookstove methodologies with current science and Sustainable Development Goal progress.

From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2024

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

From Scientific American • Sep. 22, 2023

The packaging — produced by the company Notpla — was made from seaweed, while the burgers were cooked using Mukuru Clean Stoves, which, per CNN, produce 70% less air pollution than a traditional cookstove.

From Salon • Jul. 31, 2023

But in the wintertime Pa filled and heaped the washtub with clean snow, and on the cookstove it melted to water.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder

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