stove

[US]/stəʊv/
[UK]/stoʊv/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a heating apparatus typically used for cooking; an enclosed space in which fuel is burned to heat either the space in which the stove is situated or items placed on top of it
vt. to cook something using a stove

Phrases & Collocations

gas stove

electric stove

hot blast stove

cooking stove

kitchen stove

coal stove

Example Sentences

The stove is fixed.

the stove is a bitch to fix.

The stove is burning brightly.

a movable stove; a movable rock.

a stove that sends forth great warmth.

It's expensive to leave the electric stove on all day.

She threw more wood into the stove and soon the fire was roaring.

coal stoves mean a lot of smoke.

the stove consumed a prodigious amount of fuel.

huge stoves held great rotund cauldrons.

Connect the gas stove with the gas pipe.

a toy truck; a toy stove; a toy chest.

The smoke from the stove almost choked me.

left the onions on the stove and burned them;

The stove chimney discharged dark smoke.

My mother has a gas stove for cooking.

kept the child away from the hot stove; kept the crowd back with barriers.

Turn off that stove—you're smoking the place out!

Real-world Examples

The landlord put a new stove in my room.

Source: Liu Yi Breakthrough English Vocabulary 3000

Even managed to find a specially made stove.

Source: A man named Ove decides to die.

From there, we were able to create methane stoves.

Source: CRI Online February 2019 Collection

He invented a device for automatically lighting a gas stove.

Source: Liu Yi Breakthrough English Vocabulary 3000

The office kitchen has a stove. So I can boil water.

Source: Airborne English: Everyone speaks English.

It replaces her oven, microwave and stove.

Source: 6 Minute English

Well, did I leave the stove on? - You haven't cooked since 1996.

Source: Friends Season 9

Did you remember to turn off the gas stove before we left the house?

Source: VOA Slow English - Word Stories

Do not open the lid of the stove.

Source: Liu Yi Breakthrough English Vocabulary 3000

I know. He can use the stove and the oven now.

Source: Airborne English: Everyone speaks English.

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