Stove
in former times, a room or place artificially heated, such as a bath, a hot-house, etc.
In modern usage, an apparatus in which a fire is made for the purpose of warming a room or house, or for cooking, or for other purposes. They are generally made of iron, sometimes of brick or tiles, or slabs of stone, and are of various forms, according to the heating medium used. On the continent of Europe stoves are generally of earthenware, and are frequently constructed mainly of tiles.