as in stove
an appliance that prepares food for consumption by heating it
a small cookstove that would be appropriate for an apartment
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Add some more fun to your festival stay by bringing along a Bluetooth speaker, tapestries, a cookstove and other camping accessories.
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Christopher Murray
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 27 May 2025
In Africa, Southeast Asia, and the western Pacific, where many rely on cookstoves that use wood or dung, rural and poor people are more affected by smoke.
—Judy Stone, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
Distributing solar lanterns, clean cookstoves, and low-energy microgrids to poor villagers might make those handing them out feel good.
—Ted Nordhaus, Foreign Affairs, 30 Aug. 2016
The panel also discussed a new CGI commitment to create a global market for clean cookstoves by the U.S. State Department, the U.N. Foundation, the World Food Program, Royal Dutch Shell, the World Health Organization, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and other public and private partners.
—Sheril Kirshenbaum, Discover Magazine, 27 Sep. 2010
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Christopher Murray
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 27 May 2025
In Africa, Southeast Asia, and the western Pacific, where many rely on cookstoves that use wood or dung, rural and poor people are more affected by smoke.
—Judy Stone, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
Distributing solar lanterns, clean cookstoves, and low-energy microgrids to poor villagers might make those handing them out feel good.
—Ted Nordhaus, Foreign Affairs, 30 Aug. 2016
The panel also discussed a new CGI commitment to create a global market for clean cookstoves by the U.S. State Department, the U.N. Foundation, the World Food Program, Royal Dutch Shell, the World Health Organization, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and other public and private partners.
—Sheril Kirshenbaum, Discover Magazine, 27 Sep. 2010
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cookstove
Noun
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Induction Cooktops Instead of a traditional stove, an induction cooktop uses electromagnetic fields to heat induction cookware directly rather than heating the cooktop surface itself, making these appliances faster, safer, and more energy-efficient.—
Timothy Dale,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Apr. 2026
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The slide-out kitchen toward the rear of the trailer includes a Cook Partner dual-burner stove and a sink with hot/cold water.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
27 Apr. 2026
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Dry out in oven until firm, opaque, and grateable—like a hard cheese (think Gruyère), 1½–2 hours.—
Christopher Kostow,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 Apr. 2026
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Customers within a four-mile radius of a Little Caesars in Wylie, Texas – a suburb roughly 30 miles outside Dallas – can receive up to two large pizzas, select sides and sodas, roughly 4 1/2 minutes after coming out of the oven.—
Drew Pittock,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Cookstove.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cookstove. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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