English > stove: 2 senses > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | A kitchen appliance used for cooking food. |
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| Example | "dinner was already on the stove" |
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| Synonyms | kitchen stove, range, kitchen range, cooking stove |
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| Parts | grate, grating | A frame of iron bars to hold a fire |
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| Narrower | Primus stove, Primus | A portable paraffin cooking stove |
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| charcoal burner | A stove that burns charcoal as fuel |
| cookstove | A stove for cooking (especially a wood- or coal-burning kitchen stove) |
| electric range | A kitchen range in which the heat for cooking is provided by electric power |
| gas range, gas stove, gas cooker | A range with gas rings and an oven for cooking with gas |
| potbelly, potbelly stove | A bulbous stove in which wood or coal is burned |
| spirit stove | A stove that burns a volatile liquid fuel such as alcohol |
| Broader | kitchen appliance | A home appliance used in preparing food |
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| Spanish | cocina, estufa, hornillo |
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| Catalan | cuina, fogó |
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