stove

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noun

ˈstōv 

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

stove

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past tense and past participle of stave

Example Sentences

Noun

She put the pan on the stove over medium heat.

I cooked the burgers on the stove.

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Have 6 cups of hot water or vegetable broth simmering on the stove. —Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2023

Start by making the homemade pot pie filling on the stove before finishing it in the oven. —Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Jan. 2023

With so many relatives around, there was always something cooking on the stove. —Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2023

Blackburn instructed Thomas to gather towels or blankets, to grab a flashlight and a bowl and to put some water on the stove. —Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 30 Dec. 2022

If something is really burned onto the bottom of a pot, fill it with water and dish soap and set it back on the stove to simmer, says Forté. —Maya Pottiger, Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2022

To cook fresh bell peppers down to the same level of tenderness would take over 30 minutes on the stove or in the oven—not including the messy steps of deseeding and peeling them. —Kendra Vaculin, Bon Appétit, 20 Dec. 2022

Alternatively, heat all the ingredients up in a pan on the stove. —Karla Alindahao, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2022

Barchie was holding Andrea on her hip one recent day, while stirring a single package of ramen noodles in a sauce pot on the stove to feed three people. —Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Dec. 2022

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Word History

Etymology

Noun

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

Noun

circa 1618, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Phrases Containing stove

• pellet stove
• potbellied stove
• slave over a hot stove
• Franklin stove

• pellet stove
• potbellied stove
• slave over a hot stove
• Franklin stove

Kids Definition

stove

1 of 2 noun

ˈstōv 

1

: an appliance that burns fuel or uses electricity to provide heat (as for cooking or heating)

2

: kiln

stove

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past and past participle of stave entry 2