noun
    
    plural stoves
    
    [count] chiefly US :a flat piece of kitchen equipment for cooking that usually has four devices (called burners) which become hot when they are turned on and that often is attached to an oven
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    a device that burns fuel for heating or cooking
    
    
    
    an oven or furnace that is used for hardening, burning, or drying something (such as pottery) :kiln
    
    past tense and past participle of 2stave