noun
- an appliance used for cooking food or heating a room
verb
- 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.