1 a piece of equipment that can burn various fuels and is used for heating rooms:
a gas / wood-burning stove
2 (especially AmE) = COOKER:
She put a pan of water on the stove. * (AmE, BrE) Most people don't want to spend hours slaving over a hot stove (= cooking).
seealsoSTAVE, STOVE, STOVEv.
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