Stove vs. Oven

Stovenoun

A heater, a closed apparatus to burn fuel for the warming of a room.

Stovenoun

A device for heating food, (UK) a cooker.

Stovenoun

A hothouse heated greenhouse.

Stovenoun

(dated) A house or room artificially warmed or heated.

Stoveverb

(transitive) To heat or dry, as in a stove.

Stoveverb

(transitive) To keep warm, in a house or room, by artificial heat.

Stove

imp. of Stave.

Stovenoun

A house or room artificially warmed or heated; a forcing house, or hothouse; a drying room; - formerly, designating an artificially warmed dwelling or room, a parlor, or a bathroom, but now restricted, in this sense, to heated houses or rooms used for horticultural purposes or in the processes of the arts.

Stovenoun

An apparatus, consisting essentially of a receptacle for fuel, made of iron, brick, stone, or tiles, and variously constructed, in which fire is made or kept for warming a room or a house, or for culinary or other purposes.

Stovenoun

An appliance having a top surface with fittings suitable for heating pots and pans for cooking, frying, or boiling food, most commonly heated by gas or electricity, and often combined with an oven in a single unit; a cooking stove. Such units commonly have two to six heating surfaces, called burners, even if they are heated by electricity rather than a gas flame.

Stoveverb

To keep warm, in a house or room, by artificial heat; as, to stove orange trees.

Stoveverb

To heat or dry, as in a stove; as, to stove feathers.

Stovenoun

a kitchen appliance used for cooking food;

Stovenoun

any heating apparatus

Stovenoun

an apparatus for cooking or heating that operates by burning fuel or using electricity.

Stovenoun

a hothouse for plants.

Stoveverb

fumigate or disinfect (a house) with sulphur or other fumes.

Stoveverb

treat (an object) by heating it in a stove in order to apply a desired surface coating.

Stoveverb

force or raise (plants) in a hothouse.

Stove

A stove is a device that burns fuel or uses electricity to generate heat inside or on top of the apparatus. It has seen many developments over time and serves the main purpose of cooking food.

Ovennoun

A chamber used for baking or heating.

Ovennoun

A place arched over with brick or stonework, and used for baking, heating, or drying; hence, any structure, whether fixed or portable, which may be heated for baking, drying, etc.; esp., now, a chamber in a stove, used for baking or roasting.

Ovennoun

kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting

Oven

An oven is a tool which is used to expose materials to a hot environment. Ovens contain a hollow chamber and provide a means of heating the chamber in a controlled way.