Pronunciation

/stəv/

Definitions

• Noun: A kitchen appliance used for cooking food by heating it with gas, electric power, or wood. Example: “The old stove in the kitchen had been there for decades.”
• Verb: To cook food using a stove. Example: “She stove-topped the pasta with some olive oil and garlic.”
• Noun (informal): A person, especially a man, who is considered attractive or desirable. Example: “He’s such a fireman stove!”

Phrases

• “Stove up” means to cook or prepare food.
• “Stove off” (informal) can mean to avoid or reject someone romantically.
• “On the stove” (figurative) refers to something that is being actively worked on or developed.

Example Sentences

• Noun: “The stove was covered in pots and pans after a long day of cooking.”
• Verb: “I’ll just stove up some eggs for breakfast.”
• Noun (informal): “He’s been single for a while now, but she thinks he might be on the stove for someone else.”

Synonyms

• Range
• Oven
• Cooker
• Stove-top
• Furnace (in a fireplace sense, not as a cooking device)
• Appliance (more general term)