chulhan.
/ˈtʃuːla/ An Indian fireplace or cooking-place.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > a place for a fire
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1813 J. Forbes Oriental Mem. III. xxx. 120 A marble corridore filled up with Choolas, or cooking-places, composed of mud, cow-dung, and unburnt bricks.
1864 J. A. Grant Walk across Afr. 51 I observed a portable Indian ‘choolah’ or fireplace inside the hut.
1929 F. L. Brayne Remaking Village India 221 The chūla has been designed to burn soft coke, as a substitute for dung-cakes.
1945 F. L. Brayne Better Villages (ed. 3) 50 The ordinary chula (grate) besides wasting most of the heat of the fire, only holds one pot.
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