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

Examples of stove in a Sentence

Noun

She put the pan on the stove over medium heat.

I cooked the burgers on the stove.

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

White Cabinetry and Marble Tile A gray-and-white marble mosaic tile that shifts from a subway pattern to a herringbone pattern above the stove brings an expensive touch to this smaller kitchen. —Lauren Jones, The Spruce, 6 June 2026

Officials say gas and propane cook stoves are allowed within the forest but stoves or grills fueled by wood or charcoal are not. —Wcco Staff, CBS News, 4 June 2026

Food was furnished by requisition for almost two weeks, also coal, oil, and stoves and water. —Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 4 June 2026

Gas stoves are particularly bad offenders, but even electric stoves release particles into the air when food sizzles, sears, or smokes. —Angela Haupt, Time, 3 June 2026

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 entry 1

First Known Use

Noun

circa 1618, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Phrases Containing stove

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

Rhymes for stove

• cove
• drove
• rove
• shrove
• strove
• throve
• trove
• wove
• alcove
• mangrove

Kids Definition

stove

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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