hot stove
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- noun
- /hɑt stoʊv/
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estufa caliente
- Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour.
- touch a hot stove
- slave over a hot stove
By the way, he's unlikely to touch the hot stove again.
- By the way, he's unlikely to touch the hot stove again.
- If you doubt this, place your hand on a hot stove and report back.
Examples
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Already this year, in his capstone course for seniors at Townview Magnet School, Aaron Baldridge reports a student finding and articulating the difference between knowledge and wisdom: knowledge is learning that a hot stove burns you; wisdom is parents knowing how, when, and why to teach their kids not to touch a hot stove.
Blog text (31) -
Given a choice between placing your hand on a hot stove and doing a math problem without the benefit of an electronic calculator, which would you prefer?
Blog text (32) -
If you doubt this, place your hand on a hot stove and report back.
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So the hot stove is important because you would know that you need to pull your hand fast.
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I mean they actually have to touch a hot stove, and from there, they know what hot means.
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Standing over that hot stove has just made her ill.
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Einstein once explained the relativity of time this way: an hour spent talking with a pretty girl can seem as brief as a minute, but a minute spent sitting on a hot stove can seem like an eternity.
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I am thankful for the laborers that toil daily over hot stoves, steamy dishwashers, and long hours on their feet in our restaurants.
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My son learned a valuable lesson after he accidentally touched a hot stove and burnt his hand.
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If you want to avoid injuries, keep kids away from the hot stove while cooking.
Synonyms
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A device that gives heat to warm a room or cook food
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A stove that burns wood to heat a room or cook food
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A device that burns wood or coal to cook food
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A kitchen appliance with hot burners on top and an oven below for cooking food
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A kitchen appliance that cooks food, usually with gas or electricity
How Hot
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a stove that is currently heated and likely to cause burns' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'hot' (heated) with 'stove' (cooking appliance). This adjective + noun composition follows a standard, cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both words can readily infer the intended literal (and even the predictable metaphorical) meaning.
Etymology
Hot stove comes from the simple image of a hot stove that will burn anyone who touches it. So, calling something a hot stove means a 'dangerous' or 'risky' situation you should avoid.