cooking stove

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Definition
  1. Noun:
    • A kitchen appliance used for cooking food: A "cooking stove" is a device, typically powered by gas, electricity, or solid fuel, that provides heat for preparing meals. It usually consists of a flat top with burners or heating elements and may include an oven.
Examples of Usage
  • Noun:
    • She prepared the soup on the cooking stove.
    • The old farmhouse had a wood-burning cooking stove in the kitchen.
Advanced Usage
  • "to be on the stove": to be currently cooking or heating on a stove.
    • Keep an eye on the sauce; it's on the stove.
  • "stove-top": referring to the flat cooking surface of a stove, as opposed to the oven.
    • This recipe requires only stove-top cooking.
Variants and Related Words
  • Stove (n): A common short form for "cooking stove."
    • We need to buy a new stove.
  • Cooktop (n): The top part of a stove containing the burners or heating elements; often a separate appliance installed into a counter.
  • Range (n): A kitchen appliance that combines a stove-top and an oven.
  • Oven (n): The enclosed, heated compartment within a stove or as a separate appliance, used for baking and roasting.
Synonyms
  • Cooker: (Chiefly British English) A kitchen appliance for cooking.
  • Hob: (Chiefly British English) The flat top part of a cooker where pots are placed.
Related Phrases
  • Stove pipe: A metal pipe for carrying smoke from a stove to a chimney.
  • Stove burner: One of the individual heating elements on the top of a stove.
Related Idioms
  • To have many irons in the fire: To be involved in many activities or projects at the same time. (This idiom originates from blacksmiths heating multiple irons in a forge, which is a type of stove.)
    • She can't take on another client; she already has too many irons in the fire.
Noun
  1. a kitchen appliance used for cooking food
    • dinner was already on the stove

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