slow-burning stove
- noun
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estufa de combustión lenta
- By adjusting the air inlet, the slow-burning stove can maintain a steady temperature for hours.
Examples
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The old cabin was heated by a slow-burning stove that kept the rooms warm all night.
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He bought a slow-burning stove to save on firewood and reduce trips outside in winter.
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The slow-burning stove kept the cabin warm all night.
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Many people prefer a slow-burning stove for its efficiency.
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By adjusting the air inlet, the slow-burning stove can maintain a steady temperature for hours.
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He bought a slow-burning stove to save on firewood and reduce trips outside in winter.
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The old cabin was heated by a slow-burning stove that kept the rooms warm all night.
Synonyms
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2.0
A stove that burns wood to heat a room or cook food
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3.4
A stove that burns wood to heat a room or cook food
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4.1
A device that burns wood or coal to cook food
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1.0
A kitchen appliance that cooks food, usually with gas or electricity
A simple heater that burns sawdust to warm a room
Surface Forms
Morphology
slow-burning + stove
The compound is transparently compositional: 'slow-burning' is interpretable as 'burning slowly' (from 'slow' + 'burning') and 'stove' is a heating appliance, so a B1 learner who knows the parts can infer a stove that burns fuel slowly to give prolonged heat. This adjectival + noun pattern is regular and cross-linguistically common, making the meaning readily derivable rather than idiomatic.
Etymology
Slow-burning stove comes from the clear image of a stove that is slow burning: by letting only a little air in the fire burns slowly and the embers glow for hours, giving steady heat. That's why it means 'a stove made to burn fuel slowly and give long-lasting, efficient heat'.