oilstove

Thân thiện

A family uses an oilstove to warm their living room on a cold evening.

Definition

Noun: A portable heating or cooking device that burns liquid fuel, typically kerosene (paraffin oil), to produce heat.

Usage

An oilstove is a self-contained appliance used for space heating or cooking in areas without central heating or reliable electricity. It consists of a fuel tank, a wick or pressurized burner, and a metal body.

Examples

• Noun:
  • During the power outage, we used an oilstove to heat the small cabin.
  • The old oilstove in the corner of the kitchen was still used for brewing tea.

Advanced Usage

• Historical/Technical Context: The term is often associated with older, non-electric heating solutions and may imply a certain level of manual operation (e.g., trimming the wick, refilling the tank).
  • The museum displayed an early 20th-century oilstove next to other pioneering domestic appliances.

Variants and Related Words

• Oil heater: A more general modern term for a heater that burns oil.
• Kerosene heater: A specific and common synonym, specifying the type of fuel.
• Paraffin stove: A term commonly used in British English, synonymous with oilstove.

Synonyms

• Kerosene heater
• Paraffin heater
• Oil heater

Related Phrases/Compounds

• Primus stove: A brand name that became generic for a type of pressurized-burner oilstove.
• Wick stove: Specifies an oilstove that uses a wick to draw fuel.

Học thuật

Noun

1. heater that burns oil (as kerosine) for heating or cooking

Từ đồng nghĩa

• oil heater
• kerosene heater
• kerosine heater