wood-burning
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3.5
- adjective
- /wʊdˈbɜrnɪŋ/
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- - The entire house is heated by this wood-burning furnace.
- a wood-burning stove
Ferns are tough inside, especially if you have forced air or a wood burning stove.
- Ferns are tough inside, especially if you have forced air or a wood burning stove.
- It was heated by a iron, you know, potbelly stove that you'd feed wood into a lot of wood burning stoves down there.
Examples
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We had only one bathroom, and the house was heated by a big wood-burning stove in the middle of the living room.
Fiction book (2000) -
This is a proper wood burning fireplace.
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We're learning that there is a science to this wood-burning thing, and we love everything about it.
Blog text (2) -
At the time of its construction, it was the largest wood-burning power plant in the country and one of the largest in the world.
Academic text (2001) -
You also have a wood-burning fireplace here.
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Lee: You have no idea how much it cost us to do a wood-burning grill.
Blog text (21) -
I type this in the dark, by the glow of my wood-burning stove.
Blog text (21) -
In the center of the room, a wood-burning stove was smoldering.
Fiction book (1995) -
A fire is blazing in the wood-burning stove.
Fiction book (1993) -
On chilly evenings, we gather around the wood-burning stove to stay warm.
Synonyms
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4.4
Uses burning wood for heat, like a stove or oven
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word wood-burning comes from the simple words wood and burn, meaning 'wood' and 'to burn'. So a wood-burning stove or fireplace is one that uses wood as fuel to make heat for cooking or warming a room.