| 单词 | warming closet |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswarming closet warming closet n. chiefly Canadian in later use a small heated chamber, typically part of a stove and used for keeping food, plates, etc., warm; (sometimes also) a heated cupboard or closet used to dry or warm articles of clothing, blankets, etc. ΚΠ 1844 Woolmer's Exeter & Plymouth Gaz. 25 May (advt.) A large assortment of stoves and cooking apparatus, combining every improvement—Roasting, Baking, Boiling, Steaming, and Warming Closets, acting with one Fire. 1911 C. R. Holmes Planning Mod. Hosp. 17 Beyond the small rooms is the warming closet... Here is kept a constant supply of warm blankets for immediate use. 1986 Toronto Star (Nexis) 13 Sept. m1 Doug's kitchen was enormous... Central to everything else in the place was a huge wood-burning cookstove... A warming closet ran like a shelf above it. 2007 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 4 Mar. (Final ed.) d2 There's..a temperature-controlled warming closet for the plates to ensure they are precisely heated for each dish. < as lemmas |
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