灶(竈)zào 1.用砖、坯、金属等制成的生火做饭的设备{kitchen range; cooking stove; apparatus made of bricks, blocks of earth or metal, for making a fire and cooking}: 炉～{stove}|煤气～。{gas stove} 2.借指厨房。{kitchen} 3.指灶神{Kitchen God}: 祭～{make offerings to the Kitchen God}|送～。{see off the Kitchen God back to heaven}