stove
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1.0
- noun
- /stoʊv/
- US
:
cocina
- I kept a stew hot for you, it's still on the stove.
- gas stove
- electric stove
- cook on a stove
If we say seller may replace the stove, they can do it.
- If we say seller may replace the stove, they can do it.
- And not just no fires, no stoves, no gas stoves.
- So then you put it on your stove and then you wait.
- Oatmeal is made on the stove in the pot when you're making it.
- And so this would work if the if the stove was close to the sink.
- Ow ow ow that stove is hot.
- I would cook food like on a stove.
Examples
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We have appliance sensors on the fridge, stove and the oven.
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We've got this new like hot plate thing on our new stove, which is really handy.
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So then you put it on your stove and then you wait.
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I go to the stove to grab a water, something like that.
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I can put some on the stove for you.
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One night she went into her kitchen... and she turned on the stove.
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Upstairs, in the kitchen, I found my mother standing at the stove making French fries.
Fiction book (1991) -
Trish has food on the stove.
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Later, someone caught him standing over the stove, spooning cassoulet into his mouth.
Academic text (2007) -
She put a large pot of soup on the stove to heat for dinner.
Synonyms
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3.5
A large kitchen stove with burners and an oven for cooking
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1.0
A device like an oven or stove used for cooking food
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2.0
A stove that burns wood to heat a room or cook food
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1.1
A cooker with burners and an oven that uses gas to cook food
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3.4
A stove that burns wood to heat a room or cook food
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4.1
A device that burns wood or coal to cook food
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2.1
A cooking stove with gas burners and an oven
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1.0
A kitchen appliance with hot burners on top and an oven below for cooking food
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1.0
A kitchen appliance that cooks food, usually with gas or electricity
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3.0
A kitchen stove that uses electricity to make heat for cooking
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7.2
A small metal heater with a round, bulging body that burns wood or coal
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2.4
A large appliance that has burners on top and an oven for cooking food
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1.8
A kitchen stove that uses gas to cook food
A stove that uses oil like kerosene for heating or cooking
A small stove that burns charcoal for heat or cooking
A stove that controls the air so the fuel gives heat for many hours
Compounds
- Archaic
1
7.2
A small metal heater with a round, bulging body that burns wood or coal
- Specialized
A small metal piece with a round or flat head that holds metal parts together
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Etymology
Stove later came to mean the cooking appliance and is related to the familiar word stew, since both ideas are about heat and cooking. So a stove is the device with hot parts or burners that you use to cook food.