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stove

Definition

  • noun: a flat piece of kitchen equipment for cooking that usually has four devices (called burners) which become hot when they are turned on and that often is attached to an oven
  • noun: a portable or fixed apparatus that burns fuel or uses electricity to provide heat (as for cooking or heating)
  • past tense and past participle of 'stave'
  • synonyms: heater, range, cockle

Examples

  • The hull of the boat 'stove in' when it hit the rocks.

  • She put the pan on the 'stove' over medium heat.

  • The rocks 'stove in' the hull of the boat.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) I don't know how much you know. The work is taking care of my father. There is some housework too, but the main work is giving him his medication on time, keeping him away from the stove, from leaving the house. Termeh, get your laundry. You have to be here at so I can go to work. is too early. (..)
    2011 A Separation