Stove
/stoʊv/
nounA2
Definition
A stove is a tool or machine in the kitchen that makes heat to cook food. It usually has burners or a flat surface on top where you put pots or pans. Some stoves use gas flames, while others use electric heat.
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Kitchen appliance for cooking food with heat
- •I boiled water on the stove to make tea.
- •She turned on the stove to fry some eggs.
- •The stove in our kitchen uses electricity, not gas.
Heating device for warming a room (less common usage)
- •The old house had a wood stove to keep warm in winter.
- •We sat near the stove to feel the heat on a cold night.
Make It Stick
- ✓Think of "stove" like "fire" (A1 word), but a safe and controlled fire inside your kitchen for cooking.
- ✓Picture a kitchen with a flat top or rings that get hot, where you put a pot to cook soup or fry eggs.
- ✓It’s the feeling of warmth and smell of food when someone is making dinner at home.
- ✓Sounds like "stove" → imagine a "stove" sending out a soft "stohv" sound as it heats up your food.
- ✓Think of camping with a small fire, but a stove is the indoor, modern, clean way to cook.
- ✓NOT like "oven" (which is usually closed and bakes food inside), a stove is often open on top for pots.
- ✓NOT like "microwave" (which uses waves to heat fast), a stove uses direct heat from fire or electric coils.
Try Other Words
- •Range: a kitchen appliance combining stove and oven (Use when talking about the full cooking appliance)
- •Oven: a closed cooking device for baking or roasting (Use when food is cooked inside, not on top)
- •Heater: device for warming rooms (Use when "stove" means a heating device, not for cooking)
Unboxing
- •Word parts: stove (single root word, no prefix or suffix)
- •Etymology: from Old English "stofa" meaning a heated room or chamber
- •Historical development: Originally meant a heated room, then came to mean the device producing heat for cooking or warming
- •Modern usage: Mainly a kitchen appliance for cooking food; sometimes a heating device in homes
Reflect & Connect
•How does using a stove compare to other cooking methods you know, like microwaves or grills?
•What memories or feelings do you have when you think about cooking on a stove?
Fill in the blanks
1.I put the pot on the stove and turned the ___ to cook the soup.
2.The stove uses ___ or electricity to make heat for cooking.
3.Unlike an oven, the stove heats food from the ___.
4.We warmed our hands by the old wood stove because it gave ___.
5.When cooking on the stove, you often use a ___ or pan.
6.The kitchen stove is usually found ___ the countertop or built into it.
7.If the stove is gas, you can see the ___ when it is on.