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

To access the bed, the stove is moved and the countertop is raised to reveal a pillow. —Adam Williams may 14, New Atlas, 14 May 2025

Just like physical pain tells us to move our hand off a hot stove, psychological pain tells us to emotionally or socially distance ourselves from people who might harm our goals or well-being. —Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025

The next morning, preheat a nonstick cooking pan over medium heat on the stove. —Elise Taylor, Vogue, 10 May 2025

There was my mother, all 5 feet, 2 inches of her, dwarfed by the extra-large wok on the stove. —Jill Damatac, People.com, 10 May 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