stoking

English

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

stoking

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of stoke

noun stokings

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.

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"stoking." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/stoking. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

stoking. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/stoking

Chicago

"stoking." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/stoking.

BibTeX

@misc{stoking_2026,
  title = {stoking},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stoking},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}