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

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To be clear, their deeper debate was not really about stovetops. —

John Raskin, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2025 Methods like baking, grilling, or stovetop cooking all work well with frozen chicken. —

Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2025 Some have kitchenettes with a sink and induction stovetop. —

David Hochman, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025 The kitchen’s most eye-catching feature, though, is the three slabs of black marble that stand out next to the large white island snack bar and serve as an oversized backsplash behind the stovetop. —

Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 24 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for stovetop