stoven — meaning in English

English meaning

• simmer verb To cook gently in liquid just below boiling point.
• stew noun A dish of meat and vegetables cooked slowly together in liquid.

Senses

stoven is used for these senses in English:

• crockpot (transitive) To cook (food) in a slow cooker.
• simmer (transitive) To cause to cook or to cause to undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point.
• stew (transitive, or, intransitive, or, ergative) To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.

simmer — full definition

1. verb To cook gently in liquid just below boiling point.
2. verb To be filled with barely controlled anger or excitement.
3. noun The state of cooking gently just below boiling.

stew — full definition

1. noun A dish of meat and vegetables cooked slowly together in liquid.
2. verb To cook food slowly in liquid over low heat.
3. verb To worry or fret anxiously about something.

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