stove
stohv
Stove (noun) means an appliance used for cooking food, usually with hotplates or burners. Example: “She left the soup simmering on the stove.”
noun
1
An appliance used for cooking food, usually with hotplates or burners.
"She left the soup simmering on the stove."
"Turn off the stove before you leave the house, please."
"He lit the gas stove and put the kettle on for tea."
2
A closed appliance that burns fuel to heat a room.
"We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable. Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove."
— Joseph Crosby Lincoln (1913)
"They kept the cabin warm with a wood-burning stove."
"The little stove in the corner warmed the whole living room all winter."
"She loaded another log into the stove to keep the shed warm."
How to use stove
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA cooking appliance, or a heating appliance that burns fuel like wood or gas.
Common pairings
wood-burning stove
on the stove
light the stove
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Word forms
- Plural
- stoves
- Third person singular
- stoves
- Past tense
- stoved
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Etymology
From Middle Dutch/Middle Low German stove, from a very old Germanic word for a heated room; it's related to German Stube ("room") and is the source of the word for "room" in several other languages too.
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What does “stove” mean?
The word “stove” means an appliance used for cooking food, usually with hotplates or burners. In plain terms, a cooking appliance, or a heating appliance that burns fuel like wood or gas.
How do you pronounce “stove”?
“Stove” is pronounced stohv (/stoʊv/ in IPA).
How do you use “stove” in a sentence?
Here is “stove” used in a sentence: “She left the soup simmering on the stove.”
What part of speech is “stove”?
“Stove” is a noun.
Where does the word “stove” come from?
The word “stove” comes from Germanic. From Middle Dutch/Middle Low German stove, from a very old Germanic word for a heated room; it's related to German Stube ("room") and is the source of the word for "room" in several other languages too.
Is “stove” a common word?
“Stove” is an uncommon word in modern English, usually learned at around the A2 level.
How many meanings does “stove” have?
“Stove” has 2 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: an appliance used for cooking food, usually with hotplates or burners.
What is the difference between a "stove" and an "oven"?
A stove typically refers to the cooktop with hotplates or burners used for surface cooking, while an oven is the enclosed compartment used for baking or roasting; many kitchen appliances combine both.
What is the difference between a "stove" and a "furnace"?
A stove is generally a smaller, standalone appliance used to heat a single room by burning fuel, while a furnace is a larger heating system that warms an entire building.
What is a "wood stove"?
A wood stove is a closed appliance that burns wood as fuel to heat a room, as opposed to gas or electric stoves used mainly for cooking.
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