stove

STOHV/stəʊv/

Pluralstoves

Verbstoves, stoving, stoved

9 meanings of stove

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1
nouncountable
A kitchen appliance used to cook or heat food.
Like an oven and a set of burners built into one machine.
She put the pot on the stove to boil water.
The stove has four burners and an oven.
Similarrange, cooker
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2
nouncountable
The flat top part of a kitchen appliance where pots and pans are heated.
She wiped the stove clean after the soup boiled over.
Put the kettle on the back burner of the stove.
Similarcooktop, hob
3
nouncountable
A closed metal box that burns wood or coal to warm a room.
Like a small metal fireplace you can close up.
We lit the stove to warm the cold room.
A wood stove kept the whole cabin warm all night.
Similarheater, furnace, burner
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4
verbtransitive
To heat or dry something using an enclosed heater.
Like baking something in an oven to dry it out.
They stove the planks to dry them fully.
The factory stoves clay pots until they harden.
Similardry, bake, cure, fire, heat
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5
nounUKcountable
A heated glass building used to grow plants that need warmth.
Like a warm glass room where plants live through the winter.
They grew tropical plants in the stove all year round.
The old stove kept the orchids warm through winter.
Similarhothouse, greenhouse, glasshouse
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6
verbtransitive
To keep a room or building warm using heat.
They stove the room to keep it warm all winter.
We stove the small house during the coldest months.
Similarheat, warm
Oppositecool, chill
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7
verb
Simple past and past participle of stave. Use this form when talking about the past.
The rock stove a hole in the old canoe.
He stove in the side of the crate with one kick.
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8
verbtransitive
To hurt a finger or toe by jamming it hard.
Like banging your finger so hard against something that it gets stuck and hurts.
I stove my thumb trying to catch the ball.
Players often stove their fingers in the game.
Similarjam, stub, sprain

Less common meaning

9
noundatedcountable
A room or building kept warm by heating.
After the long walk they rested in the warm stove.
How tedious is it to them that live in stoves and caves half a year together, as in Iceland, Muscovy, or under the pole!
1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of MelancholyHere, stoves means heated houses or rooms.
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Origin

From Middle Dutch and Middle Low German words meaning a heated room. The older origin is not certain.