stove
noun/stəʊv/
/stəʊv/
- a piece of equipment that can burn various fuels and is used for heating rooms
- a gas/wood-burning stove
Extra ExamplesTopics Houses and homesb2- Don't touch the stove! It's hot.
- There is no heating in the house apart from a small wood-burning stove.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- hot
- kitchen
- electric
- …
- light
- turn off
- turn on
- …
- on the stove
- slave over a hot stove
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- (British English also cooker)(North American English also range)a large piece of equipment for cooking food, containing an oven and gas or electric rings on top
- She put a pan of water on the stove.
- Most people don't want to spend hours slaving over a hot stove (= cooking).
Extra ExamplesTopics Cooking and eatingb2, Houses and homesb2- A pan was simmering on the stove.
- A pot of soup was cooking on the stove.
- I've been slaving over a hot stove all day for you!
- We cooked dinner outside the tent on a little paraffin stove.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- hot
- kitchen
- electric
- …
- light
- turn off
- turn on
- …
- on the stove
- slave over a hot stove
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘sweating room’): from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German stove; perhaps related to the noun stew.
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