cookstove
noun
cook·stove
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Definition of cookstove
: a stove for cooking
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Examples of cookstove in a Sentence
a small cookstove that would be appropriate for an apartment
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In small kitchen huts, customers light a special stove and insert the briquette—an eco-friendly solution to the demand for wood to fuel cookstoves. — Nina Strochlic, National Geographic, "In Uganda, a unique urban experiment is under way," 17 June 2019 Four of the six people living here are in their tents now, next to their cookstoves, two by two, warming up and preparing their suppers. — Barry Lopez, Harper's magazine, "Polar Light," 10 Jan. 2019 The people who have upgraded their cookstoves and heating appliances to cleaner-burning fuels have done so in areas where the switch was relatively easy to make. — Megan Geuss, Ars Technica, "In China, replacing coal and biomass stoves has saved lives," 21 Nov. 2018 Although most of the household particulate pollution reduction seen in China was a result of a cookstove technology shift, the paper also studied the effects of substituting out coal and biomass in home heating. — Megan Geuss, Ars Technica, "In China, replacing coal and biomass stoves has saved lives," 21 Nov. 2018 Ninety percent of that decrease came from changes in cookstove and heating technology. — Megan Geuss, Ars Technica, "In China, replacing coal and biomass stoves has saved lives," 21 Nov. 2018 The alliance pledged to help engineer the distribution of 100 million cookstoves, small-scale appliances designed to cut fuel use and toxic emissions in impoverished households worldwide by 2020. — Sara Morrison, USA TODAY, "In developing world, an expensive push to reduce cooking fire deaths falls short," 13 July 2018 Even better cookstoves may not do much to improve health. — The Economist, "Household smoke may be the world’s deadliest environmental hazard," 5 Apr. 2018 Black carbon like that from dirty cookstoves is thought to be the third most important cause of climate change after carbon dioxide and methane. — The Economist, "Household smoke may be the world’s deadliest environmental hazard," 5 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'cookstove.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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cookstove
noun
English Language Learners Definition of cookstove
US
: a usually old-fashioned stove that burns wood and can be used for cooking
also
: a small stove that is used to cook food outdoors
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