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  • noun Plural form of woodstove.

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Examples

  • Cold days and even colder mornings find most residents turning to wood-burning heating devices such as woodstoves and fireplaces.

    Kitsap Sun Stories 2009

  • It is sweet and smoky, and reminds me of winters and woodstoves.

    Excerpt: If I Stay by Gayle Forman 2009

  • At $1.14 a copy at Walmart, no wonder a million have been sold - as a fuel starter for woodstoves.

    Palin reaches the 1 million mark 2009

  • In contrast to the sentiment that the completion of Rogun would further inflame tensions with Uzbekistan, it could alternately provide power (with the side benefit as a possible stabilizing factor) to adjoining provinces in Afghanistan and even perhaps parts of northern Pakistan which lack a consistent power supply year round and many villages rely on portable fuel-powered generators for light and woodstoves for heat in winter.

    Derek Flood: From Totalitarianism to Turbines: The Unending Struggle for Power in Central Asia 2010

  • Although this wooded region, where the people cook nearly all food on woodstoves, has several isolated villages, the Voz de la Montaña (Voice of the Mountain) radio station keeps them informed of events in other villages.

    Regional Cuisines Of Guerrero: From Beaches to Mountains 2007

  • Now when the forecasts indicates conditions favorable to a temperature inversion, big signs go up on the roads leading to the valley and notices go on the radio and the woodstoves have to be shut down. 1st offense fines are about $50 but subsequent offenses can get really expensive.

    Living Like it’s 1899, What does ‘Sacrifice’ Mean? - Warner_Todd_Huston’s blog - RedState 2009

  • The blue house was built in 1823 and is old hardwood, with two woodstoves, a library and six (albeit small) bedrooms.

    time to make crullers 2009

  • It is sweet and smoky, and reminds me of winters and woodstoves.

    ‘If I Stay’ 2009

  • The blue house was built in 1823 and is old hardwood, with two woodstoves, a library and six (albeit small) bedrooms.

    there are no stupid questions 2009

  • Although this wooded region, where the people cook nearly all food on woodstoves, has several isolated villages, the Voz de la Montaña (Voice of the Mountain) radio station keeps them informed of events in other villages.

    Regional Cuisines Of Guerrero: From Beaches to Mountains 2007

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