cookstove

American  

[kook-stohv] / ˈkʊkˌstoʊv /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of cookstove

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

Example Sentences

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

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.

From Science Daily • May 20, 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

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

From Reuters • Sep. 4, 2023

It has two rooms: a cot in each, table, chair, fireplace, cookstove in one.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison