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

Arrange the 6 remaining slices of bacon in a skillet on the stovetop over medium heat (or on the preheated griddle on the grill). —Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 18 June 2026

Keep extras warm in a 250° oven alongside your buns (toasting them on the stovetop for a crowd gets tedious). —Farideh Sadeghin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 June 2026

Don’t reserve this spoon rest just for the stovetop. —Mina Dragani, Architectural Digest, 18 June 2026

Finished in vibrant colors and outfitted with stay-cool handles to keep your cooking comfortable and compatible with all stovetops, except induction. —ABC News, 16 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1920, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for stovetop

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