Definition

Noun: 1. A stove for cooking: A cookstove is a type of stove specifically designed and used for preparing food. It is a household appliance or fixture that provides heat for cooking. 2. A wood- or coal-burning kitchen stove: Historically and in some contexts, a cookstove specifically refers to a kitchen stove that burns solid fuel like wood or coal, as opposed to modern electric or gas stoves.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The old farmhouse still had its original cast-iron cookstove in the kitchen.
  • They heated water for tea on the small, efficient cookstove.
  • Modern cookstoves are often powered by electricity or natural gas.

Advanced Usage

• "to tend the cookstove": To manage and maintain the fire in a solid-fuel cookstove, ensuring it burns at the correct temperature for cooking.
  • Her morning chores included tending the cookstove to prepare breakfast.

Variants and Related Words

• Stove (n): A more general term for an apparatus for cooking or heating. A cookstove is a type of stove.
• Range (n): Another term for a cooking stove, often one with an oven and surface burners.
• Oven (n): An enclosed compartment, usually part of a stove or range, used for baking or roasting.

Synonyms

• Kitchen stove
• Cooking stove
• Range (when it includes an oven)

Notes on Meaning

The word "cookstove" can have two related but distinct meanings: 1. The general meaning: any stove used for cooking. 2. A more specific, traditional meaning: a solid-fuel (wood, coal) burning stove used in a kitchen. This meaning often evokes a historical or rustic context.

Noun

1. a stove for cooking (especially a wood- or coal-burning kitchen stove)