stove

• Sustantivo que designa un electrodoméstico de cocina o aparato utilizado para cocinar alimentos o calentar, que consta típicamente de quemadores o fogones y, a menudo, de un horno para asar u hornear.

A noun referring to a kitchen appliance or device used for cooking or heating, typically consisting of burners or an enclosed space for baking or roasting.

1. A1formal

   A kitchen appliance used for cooking food, typically with burners or heating elements on top and an oven below.

   Cocina (electrodoméstico)

   • She boiled water on the stove for tea.
   • He placed the pot on the stove to heat the soup.
   • The kitchen has a new gas stove.

   Sinónimoscookercookstovekitchen rangerange

2. Heating deviceA2formal

   A device that burns fuel or uses electricity to provide heat for a room or building.

   Estufa de calefacción

   • They lit the wood stove to warm the cabin.
   • The old stove in the living room was used for heating.
   • A coal stove was the main source of heat in the house.

   Sinónimosspace heater

• Verbo que significa romper o agrietar algo (como un barril o una tabla), o alejar o evitar algo (a menudo en la frase verbal 'stave off', es decir, mantener algo a raya).

A verb meaning to break or smash something, or to ward off something (often used in phrasal verb 'stave off').

phrasal, separable

1. Furnish with stavesC1formal

   To provide or fit something with staves (long, narrow pieces of wood or metal).

   proveer de duelas

   • The cooper staved the barrel to ensure it was watertight.
   • They staved the old wooden fence with new planks.
   • The craftsman staved the boat's hull for extra strength.

2. Burst or force a holeC1formal

   To break or force a hole into something, often by striking or pushing.

   Abrir un agujero

   • The rock staved a hole in the side of the ship.
   • He staved in the door with a heavy hammer.
   • The impact staved a large opening in the wall.

   Sinónimosbreachbreakburstperforatepiercepuncturerupture

Variantes phrasalstave instave off

• Forma arcaica del pretérito del verbo 'stave', que significa romper, destrozar o ahuyentar (como en 'stave off').

An archaic past tense form of the verb 'stave', meaning to break or smash, or to ward off (as in 'stave off').

verbo irregular

1. To heat or cook using a stoveB2formal

   To process or treat something by heating it on or in a stove.

   Cocinar o calentar en estufa

   • She stoved the vegetables for the stew.
   • The blacksmith stoved the metal to make it malleable.
   • They stoved the clay pots to harden them.

   Sinónimosbakecookheat