stoves

Meanings

• noun

  A fueled appliance with containers for heating food or water and often having controls for temperature and duration.

  - "She cooked dinner on the stove."
  - "The stove was old and needed repair."
  - "Can you turn off the stove before we leave?"

• noun

  A heating device used to dry clothes.

  - "Hang the clothes out to dry or use the stove to dry them?"
  - "The clothes were still damp after being on the stove for hours."
  - "The clothes came out wrinkled after being dried on the stove."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with stoves
oves , groves , goves

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Variants

List of all variants of stoves that leads to same result
stove , stoves , Franklin stove , Franklin stoves , pellet stove , pellet stoves

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Etymology

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Old French estuve, from estouver to heat, stew.

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Trivia

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1. The first stoves were made of clay and were used to heat water for bathing and cooking.

2. The average household stove produces about 12,000 BTUs (British Thermal Units) of heat per hour.

3. The largest stove in the world is located in Sweden and is over 26 feet (8 meters) tall and can cook 1,500 pounds (680 kilograms) of potatoes at once.

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Related Concepts

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1. Oven: A stove used for baking or roasting food.

2. Range: A stove with multiple burners and often an oven.

3. Stovetop: The flat surface of a stove used for cooking pots and pans.

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Culture

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Stoves have been used for cooking and heating since ancient times. In literature, stoves have been used as symbols of warmth and comfort. In art, stoves have been depicted in various forms, from simple wood-burning stoves to modern electric stoves.

How to Memorize "stoves"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a stove with burners and pots on the stove.
   - Visualize the control knobs and the temperature gauge.
   - Think about the stove's shape and size.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the smell of cooking food with a stove.
   - Think about the warmth and comfort a stove provides.
   - Associate the sound of a stove's burners clicking on.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Stove: Something That's Often Valuable and Essential.
   - Stove: Something That's Used To Heat Or Cook.

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