English Explanatory Dictionary

overstoke

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To stoke excessively, creating too large a fire in a fireplace, furnace, firebox, etc.

Word forms

overstoke overstokes overstoking overstoked

Etymology

From over- (prefix meaning ‘above, higher; excessively’) + stoke.

Synonyms

overfire

Related words

overburn
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