Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "stove" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

apartment community kitchen friend's house house living room tent

Capable Of

brown meat burn child electric or natural gas gas or electric heat can of beans heat food heat house heat meal heat pot heat pot of water use gas fire warm pot of beans warm room

Derived Terms

Franklin stove Primus stove Soyer stove air stove camp stove camping stove campstove cocklestove cookstove dry stove everything but the galley stove foot stove halogen stove hexamine stove hexi stove hexy stove hobo stove hot stove hot stove league laundry stove magazine stove monkey stove oil stove oilstove pellet stove portable stove potbellied stove potbelly stove stove enamel stove fitter stove polish stove-top stoveful stovehouse stoveless stovelike stovemaker stovemaking stovepipe stoveside stoveware stovewood woodstove

Distinct From

oven over

Inflected/Variant Forms

stave

Context

uk

Has Property

hot

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

heater kitchen appliance warmer

Type Of (IsA)

device heater kitchen appliance not usually

Receives Action

found in house found in kitchen

Related Terms

appliance artificial burner burners cook cook top cooked cooked on cooker cooking cooking place device dry elements food heat heater hot hothouse kitchens oven oven top place top with burner

Used For

boiling liquids like water boiling water cook cook and heat food cook meal cook soup cooking cooking stew frying burgers grill steak warming food

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.