Stove

/stoʊv/

Meaning & Definition

noun

A kitchen device that uses gas, electricity, or other fuel to produce heat for cooking.

She placed the pot on the stove to boil water for spaghetti.

A furnace or apparatus used for heating a building.

We turned on the stove to warm the room on a cold winter night.

Any device that provides heat for cooking or warming.

The camping stove made it easy to cook meals outdoors.

verb

To cook food on or in a stove.

I will stove the vegetables until they are tender.

Middle English 'stove', from Old English 'styfa', originally referring to a heated chamber or a place for cooking.

on the stove

Referring to something being cooked or heated.

a stove for cooking

Indicating a kitchen appliance specifically for cooking.

wood stove

A stove that uses wood as fuel for heating.

burner

A part of a stove where flames or heat is generated.

oven

A chamber used for baking, roasting, or heating food.

range

A combination of both a stove and an oven.

To stove in

He stoved in the door during the fight.

Stove-pipe

He wore a stove-pipe hat to the event.