Stoking

noun, verb

noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act by which something is stoked.

    "To prevent sudden changes in temperature from cracking the pots, the wood fire is built up slowly for several hours and then increased for four to five hours with intermittent stokings of scrap pine slabs."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of stoke form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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heating

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"The US is stoking tensions with China."

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