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

Then, using a kettle or just a pot on the stove, bring a few cups of water to a boil. —Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2025

If the caramel is at all lumpy, return the pan to the stove on low heat and whisk until smooth. —Yossy Arefi, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025

The separate kitchen with its bright red freestanding unit is large enough to sit in, but with only a two-hob stove, a small kettle and an espresso machine, it’s not designed for cooking. —Eleanor Cording-Booth, Vogue, 18 Nov. 2025

Meanwhile, the hot stove action has officially kicked off, as the Seattle Mariners reportedly signed first baseman Josh Naylor to a five-year deal on Sunday night. —Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025

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

• clove
• 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