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stove
1[ stohv ]
noun
- a portable or fixed apparatus that furnishes heat for warmth, cooking, etc., commonly using coal, oil, gas, wood, or electricity as a source of power.
- a heated chamber or box for some special purpose, as a drying room or a kiln for firing pottery.
verb (used with object)
- to treat with or subject to heat, as in a stove.
stove
2[ stohv ]
verb
- a simple past tense and past participle of stave.
stove
1/ əʊ /
noun
- another word for cooker
- any heating apparatus, such as a kiln
verb
- to process (ceramics, metalwork, etc) by heating in a stove
- to stew (meat, vegetables, etc)
stove
2/ əʊ /
verb
- a past tense and past participle of stave
Word History and Origins
Origin of stove1
Word History and Origins
Origin of stove1
Example Sentences
Many builders are trying to budget for rising costs but are frustrated because they don’t know what construction materials and appliances, such as stoves and air conditioners, will cost in the months ahead.
Ready when you are, Love, it says, sitting there on the stove.
With just her bike, tent, stove, and a few necessities, the 28-year-old has crossed European mountains, circled the Caspian Sea and crossed a variety of Asian countries including China and Kazakhstan.
Because the kitchen is unusable, Blanca has to wash her dishes in the bathtub, and she has improvised a cooking area with a gas camping stove in a corner of her living room.
This headache could become a thing of the past with a new bill in the California Legislature that, if approved, would require landlords to provide refrigerators and stoves in their rentals.
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