stove

Pilot light location

A stove is an appliance for cooking or heating.

Kitchen stoves have burners on top and often an oven below: She put the kettle on the stove.

Heating stoves burn wood or other fuel to warm a room: a cast-iron wood stove.

The past tense of stave—to break a hole in something—is staved or stove: The rocks stove in the hull.

appliance

range

Extent of variation

  • cooktopFlat cooking surface
  • burnerHeat-producing device component
  • hotplatePortable electric cooking surface

hob · induction · convection · broiler · griddle · potbelly · hibachi · brazier · salamander

heating

cast-iron

Hard molded alloy

flue · damper · firebox · kindling · logs · ember · cabin · lodge · winter · warmth

cooking

sauté

Cook quickly in fat

  • simmerCook just under boiling
  • boilHeat to bubbling point
  • fryCook in hot fat

sear · braise · poach · blanch · stir-fry · flambé · reduce · caramelize · steam · stockpot

fuel

gas

Formless, expanding substance

wood-burning · coal · pellet · kerosene · butane · charcoal · biomass · ignition · BTU · combustion

comfort

warmth

Heat you feel

gathering · fireside · domestic · sanctuary · nesting · homey · family · aromas · hospitality

kitchen

countertop

Flat kitchen work surface

pans · kettle · trivet · knobs · heat-resistant

Categories
Opposites
temperature function

stoverefrigerator

Food-cooling household appliance

freezer · ice box · cooler · cold storage · air conditioner

cooking method

stovemicrowave

Radiation-based kitchen heater

raw food · ice bath · sous vide · induction cooktop

Phrases
Family

stoves, gas stove, stovepipe, stovetop, cookstove, stovetops, stovepipes, cookstoves, stovewood

Familiarity
Top 2,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G