potbelly stove

noun
a usually cast-iron wood- or coal-burning stove having a large, rounded chamber.
Also, potbellied stove.

Origin:
1930–35

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potbelly stove

noun
a bulbous stove in which wood or coal is burned [syn: potbelly] 
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