stove

²stove

Definition of STOVE

past and past participle of stave

¹stove

noun \ˈstōv\

Definition of STOVE

1

a : a portable or fixed apparatus that burns fuel or uses electricity to provide heat (as for cooking or heating)

b : a device that generates heat for special purposes (as for heating tools or heating air for a hot blast)

c : kiln

2

chiefly British : a hothouse especially for the cultivation of tropical exotics; broadly : greenhouse

Examples of STOVE

1. She put the pan on the stove over medium heat.
2. I cooked the burgers on the stove.

Origin of STOVE

Middle English (Scots), heated room, steam bath, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German, from Vulgar Latin *extufa, ultimately from Latin ex- + Greek typhein to smoke — more at deaf

First Known Use: circa 1618

Rhymes with STOVE

clove, cove, drove, fauve, grove, Jove, mauve, rove, trove