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cookstove

[ kook-stohv ]

noun

  1. a wood- or coal-burning stove stave for use in cooking. cooking. cook.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cookstove1

First recorded in 1805–15; cook 1 + stove 1
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Example Sentences

Smoke-spewing cookstoves and fires are responsible for around 2 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions — roughly equivalent to the carbon contribution of global air travel.

From Salon

For the category of other technologies, the researchers found a significant increase in priority for household and community carbon offset projects, mainly due to improved cookstove programs in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Providing efficient cookstoves now represents the fastest growing project type on the voluntary carbon market, with the second largest share of issued credits in the first ten months of 2023.

And when the same space is used for cooking, living and sleeping, the entire family is exposed to cookstove fumes.

Clean cookstove projects are also popular in Africa which generate carbon credits by substituting a polluting cooking method for one with lower emissions.

From Reuters

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