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- noun A
stove that burns wood, or is designed to do so
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Examples
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Pellet stoves may be all that you say they are, but where I live, the woodstove is not only a way to reduce my oil bill, but also a backup for when bad winter weather knocks out power.
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9. For the entire time the power was out, we did a fair amount of baleful glaring at our woodstove, which is an electrical device and of course did not but we felt it really SHOULD function in a power outage.
Ten Things Tuesday – Ice storm and aftermath « The Life and Times of Organic Mama 2008
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My real creation today is the woodpile that will fill the woodstove which is the object of my celebration day 4 (see photo below).
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Sorry for me, I sustainably harfvested woodlot and my woodstove are still better choice.
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On the opposite side of the dining room was a huge black metal woodstove that seemed to be the centerpiece of the room, giving it a homey, lived-in feeling.
How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011
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We sat in a garage heated by an old woodstove, and cooled by a sliding window above the countertop where my father sat in his favorite barstool.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Dad Jack Canfield 2011
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Night Navigation opens on a freezing-rain night in upstate New York: the kindling gone, the fire in the woodstove out.
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I want to be free to put a woodstove in my garage without having to have a secondary heat source.
What Do You Want to Be Free to Choose?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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He will retrieve anything I shoot, birds, waterfowl, or any small game he can get his mouth aroundbut he also finds shed, backpacks with his own pack, whitewater rafts, points hooked fish, plays with the kids, protects the home, and in the evenings can be found laying out beside a campfire or in front of the woodstove ... so a fire alarm as well .....
Best Gun Dog Contest 2009
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We sat in a garage heated by an old woodstove, and cooled by a sliding window above the countertop where my father sat in his favorite barstool.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Dad Jack Canfield 2011
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