stove
stove
UK[stəʊv]US[stoʊv]
n
A piece of equipment that burns fuel or uses electricity to provide heat for cooking or for heating a room.
n
An apparatus for cooking food using hotplates or an oven.
Etymology
The modern English word 'stove' has a journey from a general heated space to a specific cooking appliance. It entered English from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German 'stove', referring to a heated room, often a bathroom or a sitting room. This Germanic root is likely connected to the concept of heat or steam. Over centuries, the meaning narrowed from the room itself to the source of heat within it, eventually specializing to denote the enclosed apparatus for cooking or heating that we know today.
Analysis
The word 'stove' is a simplex word. It is a loanword from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German 'stove', meaning "heated room, bathroom, or house". Its ultimate origin is from a Proto-Germanic root related to heating or steam.
Examples
She placed the kettle on the gas stove to boil some water.
We bought a new wood-burning stove for the cabin.
The recipe says to bake it in a preheated stove at 180 degrees.