1. an appliance used for cooking food or heating a room

1. past tense of stave; to break or crush inward
Usage: past tense

Examples

• She cooked dinner on the gas stove.
• The wood stove kept the cabin warm all winter.
• Turn off the stove when you’re done cooking.
• We need to replace our old electric stove.
• The ship’s hull was stove in by the rocks.
• The barrel was stove by the heavy impact.