camp stove

noun

1. a portable stove used for cooking or heating, especially outdoors.

Word History and Origins

Origin of camp stove¹

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65

Example Sentences

It features big eyes made out of a Coleman camp stove grill with eyelashes scavenged from a neighbor’s leftover artificial turf.

From Los Angeles Times

A fancy tent or camp stove, perhaps.

From Seattle Times

He’s been able to make it because he’s well stocked with battery-powered lights, has a camp stove and hand coffee grinder to make pour-over coffee, he said.

From Seattle Times

He cooked a piece of salmon in the fireplace and stir-fried some veggies on the camp stove.

From Seattle Times

Do not try to heat your home with your oven, a camp stove or a charcoal-burning device.

From New York Times