# stoving

Pronunciation: US say "STOHV-ing" /ˈstəʊvɪŋ/; UK say "STOH-ving" /ˈstəʊvɪŋ/

## Noun

1. The process of heating or drying an item inside a stove.
   - Simple: The act of heating or drying something inside a special oven called a stove.
   - _The factory uses stoving to cure the enamel on each body panel._
   - _After stoving, the varnish hardened into a glossy, durable layer._

## Verb

2. Present participle of stove. — present participle and gerund of stove
   - Simple: The -ing form of stove. Use it after am, is, are, was or were, or to name the action.
   - _The factory is stoving a fresh batch of enamel panels this afternoon._
   - _Crews were stoving the lacquered parts when the power failed._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/stoving (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).