gas stove
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1.1
- noun
- /ɡæs stoʊv/
- US
:
cocina de gas
- Older, poorly maintained furnaces and gas stoves are likely to result in higher levels of carbon monoxide and other combustion pollutants.
- kitchens with gas stoves
- use of a gas stove
You know, they want to ban our gas stoves.
- You know, they want to ban our gas stoves.
- And not just no fires, no stoves, no gas stoves.
- That's the gas of choice in cities for gas stoves.
- So if you have like a gas stove or like a little, especially portable gas heaters and fires, the main place that happens to people is in tents.
Examples
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There was also a Coleman gas stove with two burners.
Fiction book (1998) -
Double oven, six-burner gas stove.
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When she comes back, she first lights the gas stove.
Fiction book (1994) -
"Taking his cue from her, he reached over to the portable gas stove.
Fiction book (1996) -
And they had like a little propane gas stove set up.
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Now alone, he had to contend with the gas stove or the microwave.
Fiction book (1997) -
Everyone else had gas stoves and had their gas delivered in huge cylinders.
Fiction book (1994) -
Ten minutes later, when they entered the kitchen, he was standing at the gas stove stirring eggs in a black cast-iron skillet.
Fiction book (2000) -
The lemon muffins sink and deflate in the ancient gas stove; the altitude, eight thousand feet, is too high for baking.
Fiction book (2001) -
To cook pasta, you should use a large pot on the gas stove to bring the water to a boil.
Synonyms
110
1.0
A kitchen appliance with hot burners used to cook food
82
3.5
A large kitchen stove with burners and an oven for cooking
2
2.1
A cooking stove with gas burners and an oven
1
1.0
A kitchen appliance with hot burners on top and an oven below for cooking food
1
1.0
A kitchen appliance that cooks food, usually with gas or electricity
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1.8
A kitchen stove that uses gas to cook food
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Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'gas' (gaseous fuel) specifies the type of 'stove' (cooking appliance), so the compound denotes a stove that uses gas. This is a common noun–noun modification pattern found across many languages (e.g., Spanish 'estufa de gas', French 'cuisinière à gaz'), making it immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows the parts.
Etymology
Gas stove is a name made of two words that shows the meaning: a stove that uses gas to make a flame for cooking. So the phrase simply means 'a stove that runs on gas'.