noun
plural stoves
[count] chiefly US :a flat piece of kitchen equipment for cooking that usually has four devices (called burners) which become hot when they are turned on and that often is attached to an oven
a device that burns fuel for heating or cooking
an oven or furnace that is used for hardening, burning, or drying something (such as pottery) :kiln
past tense and past participle of 2stave