stoves
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/stoʊv/
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/stəʊv/
(stove)
cooking or heating device
Etymology
'stove' originates from Middle English and Old Norse/Old English Germanic sources, specifically related to words like 'stofa'/'stube' that meant a heated room or chamber.
'stove' changed from Proto-Germanic *stubą (meaning a heated room) into Old English/Old Norse forms (for example 'stofa'/'stube'), then into Middle English 'stove' and eventually the modern English 'stove', with the sense shifting from the room to the device.
Initially, it meant 'a heated room' or 'chamber', but over time it came to mean the device or apparatus used for heating and for cooking ('heating/cooking appliance').
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
a kitchen appliance used for cooking, typically with burners and an oven (also called a range).
The kitchen has two stoves—one gas and one electric.
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Noun 2
a heating appliance (often wood- or coal-burning) used to heat a room or building.
In winter they used old cast-iron stoves to heat the cabins.
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Noun 3
a small portable device used for cooking outdoors or while camping (camping stove).
The campers brought two small stoves for cooking meals.
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Last updated: 2025/12/13 17:10