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hot stove

hot stove noun: a relatively low-powered kitchen appliance used in lieu of a proper stove.

Noun

hot stove (plural hot stoves)

  1. A relatively low-powered kitchen appliance used in lieu of a proper stove.
    • You can try boiling water for that spaghetti on the hot stove, but it might take a few hours.
  2. A hotplate.
  3. A stove with a hot element.
  4. (broadly, figuratively) Any potentially harmful situation.
  5. (attributive) The baseball off-season where trades take place and teams look to sign free agents.
    • the hot stove report

Forms of hot stove

pluralhot stoves

Words formed from hot stove

Questions about hot stove

What does hot stove mean?
Hot stove means a relatively low-powered kitchen appliance used in lieu of a proper stove.
What part of speech is hot stove?
Hot stove is a noun.
What is the plural of hot stove?
The plural of hot stove is hot stoves.

Words near hot stove in the dictionary

  1. hot stepped
  2. hot stepper
  3. hot steppers
  4. hot stepping
  5. hot steps
  6. hot stove
  7. hot stove league
  8. hot stove leagues
  9. hot stoves
  10. hot streak
  11. hot streaks

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