stove

¹

[stohv]

noun

1. 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.

2. a heated chamber or box for some special purpose, as a drying room or a kiln for firing pottery.

verb (used with object)

stoved, stoving 

1. to treat with or subject to heat, as in a stove.

stove

²

[stohv]

verb

1. a simple past tense and past participle of stave.

stove

¹

/ stəʊv /

noun

1. another word for cooker

2. any heating apparatus, such as a kiln

verb

1. to process (ceramics, metalwork, etc) by heating in a stove

2. to stew (meat, vegetables, etc)

stove

²

/ stəʊv /

verb

1. a past tense and past participle of stave

Word History and Origins

Origin of stove¹

1425–75; (noun) late Middle English: sweat bath, heated room, probably < Middle Dutch, Middle Low German, cognate with Old English stofa, stofu heated room for bathing, Old High German stuba ( German Stube room; bierstube ), Old Norse stofa; early Germanic borrowing < Vulgar Latin *extupa, *extūpa (> French étuve sweat room of a bath; stew ¹ ), noun derivative of *extūpāre, *extūfāre to fill with vapor, equivalent to Latin ex- ex- ¹ + Vulgar Latin *-tūfāre < Greek tȳ́phein to raise smoke, smoke, akin to tŷphos fever ( typhus ); alternatively explained as a native Germanic base, borrowed into Romance ( izba ); (v.) late Middle English stoven to subject to hot-air bath, derivative of the noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of stove¹

Old English stofa bathroom; related to Old High German stuba steam room, Greek tuphos smoke

Example Sentences

The tax credit could also make sense for homeowners considering installing new appliances, like EV chargers, heat pumps or electric stoves.

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Faulty wiring, say, or an unattended pot left on the stove.

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Under the new law, landlords must provide a stove capable of generating heat for cooking and a refrigerator capable of safely storing food for new leases starting Jan. 1, 2026.

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The dilemma Greene will eventually confront is that there’s no way to cast the presidency as a housewife’s hobby to be enjoyed in the downtime between dropping kids off at school and cleaning the stove.

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“We would hide a stuffed animal, and then I would kind of give them hints, like, ‘It’s between the stove and the refrigerator,’” Arrell said.

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Related Words

• boiler 
• cooker 
• heater 
• kiln 
• microwave 
• oven