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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

At one lavish apartment, men say they are sleeping on blankets on marble floors beneath giant chandeliers and cooking on a camp stove in its modern kitchen.

From BBC

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

A fancy tent or camp stove, perhaps.

From Seattle Times

He’s been able to make it because he’s well stocked with battery-powered lights, has a camp stove and hand coffee grinder to make pour-over coffee, he said.

From Seattle Times