kachel

Betekenis

Noun

stove (closed heating device)

Adj

drunk

Koppelteken as

ka‧chel

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈkɑ.xəl/

Etimologie

Clipping of kacheloven, a partial calque of German Kachelofen, from Kachel (“tile”) + Ofen (“stove”). The original sense of “tiled stove” has been generalized to any type of stove.

Sinne

In de middeleeuwen was de enige vorm van verwarming een kachel .

In the Middle Ages, the only form of heating was a stove.