stoving

USSTOHV-ing/ˈstəʊvɪŋ/UKSTOH-ving/ˈstəʊvɪŋ/

2 meanings of stoving

1
nouncountable or uncountable
The act of heating or drying something inside a special oven called a stove.
Like baking a cake in an oven until it turns firm and dry.
The metal parts get a tough coating after stoving in a hot oven.
Stoving removes all the moisture from the freshly cut wood.
Similarbaking, curing, firing, drying
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2
verb
The -ing form of stove. Use it after am, is, are, was or were, or to name the action.
The workers are stoving the painted frames right now.
Stoving the enamel at high heat makes the paint very hard.
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stoving is a form of stove

stove, verb: To heat or dry something using an enclosed heater. Full entry

Forms: stovestoves he/she/itstoving -ing formstoved past tense, past participle
Spelling: stove → stoving: drop the e, add -ing

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