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

Before Getting Started Grease filters are used to catch grease from your stove and filter the air in your kitchen. —Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025

One of the images shared showed what appeared to be a makeshift hut surrounded by trees, while another showed a shelter, and one featured a tent and tarp, a gas bottle,a camping stove, and packs of what appeared to be alcohol. —Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025

Consider getting indoor air purifiers—for your house and car—and an electric stove instead of a gas one, which emits a carcinogen called benzene. —Matt Fuchs, Time, 10 Sep. 2025

That includes a passenger-side kitchen with dual-burner stove/sink combo and 69-L compressor fridge with indoor/outdoor access; the collapsible dinette with two-seat rear bench, two cab swivel seats and flip-up table; a diesel heating system; and an electrical system with 95-Ah battery. —New Atlas, 9 Sep. 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

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

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