Home › Words › O › overstokeoverstokeoverstoke · verb — to stoke excessively, creating too large a fire in a fireplace, furnace, firebox, etc.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom over- (prefix meaning ‘above, higher; excessively’) + stoke.verbTo stoke excessively, creating too large a fire in a fireplace, furnace, firebox, etc.e.g.“Please do not overstoke the fireplace, and do not burn it without the firescreen in position.”Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).