单词 | franklin stove |
释义 | Franklin stove in American English US a cast-iron heating stove resembling an open fireplace Word origin after Franklin2 , who invented itFranklin stove in American Englishnoun 1. a cast-iron stove having the general form of a fireplace with enclosed top, bottom, side, and back, the front being completely open or able to be closed by doors 2. any of various fireplaces having a cast-iron top, back, and sides, with some provision for circulating air behind them in order to provide heat Word origin [1780–90, Amer.; named after Benjamin franklin, who designed it]This word is first recorded in the period 1780–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: alignment, classification, ego, oxygen, seep |
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