stovetop

noun

stove·​top ˈstōv-ˌtäp 

variants or stove top or less commonly stove-top

plural stovetops or stove tops also stove-tops

: the top of a range (see range entry 1 sense 2) that has burners or heating elements

… a new, fabulous … range with a five-burner stovetop that, woe is me, I barely got to cook on before heading to Atlanta …

—Ligaya Figueras

Across the room a … mouse moved over the stove top and browsed for drippings from the big pot.

—William Least Heat-Moon

Inside the building … users have access to a shiny, new kitchen complete with two electric convection ovens, a fryer …, a griddle, a stove-top with 12 burners as well as a freezer and cold storage.

—Brian McVicar

—sometimes used before another noun

a stovetop kettle

Barbecue sauce from the bottle pales beside the 15-minute stovetop version here.

—Lillian Chou

Examples of stovetop in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Gently wash the greens in water to remove debris, and then separate the thick stem from the outer leaves and chop them before cooking on the stovetop with olive oil, onions, garlic, water, salt, and pepper. —Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 30 May 2025

Heat the oil in a large Dutch oven over medium heat on the stovetop. —Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 28 May 2025

Dump-and-Bake Chicken Parmesan Casserole This no-fuss dinner skips the stovetop entirely. —Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 May 2025

For our writer, retro classics like Wonder bread, cold hot dogs, stovetop pudding, and ham sandwiches hearken back to his youth. —Robert Klose, Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1920, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for stovetop

• barbershop
• countertop
• lollipop
• mountaintop
• overtop
• photoshop
• tabletop
• turboprop
• atop
• backdrop
• backstop
• bebop