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{
"term": "stove",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a piece of equipment that can burn various fuels and is used for heating rooms",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **gas/wood-burning stove**"
},
{
"text": "Don't touch the stove! It's hot."
},
{
"text": "There is no heating in the house apart from a small wood-burning stove."
}
],
"topics": ["Houses and homes"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["hot", "kitchen", "electric"],
"verb + stove": ["light", "turn off", "turn on"],
"preposition": ["on the stove"],
"phrases": ["slave over a hot stove"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a large piece of equipment for cooking food, containing an oven and gas or electric rings on top",
"labels": "British English alsoNorth American English also",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She put a pan of water on the stove."
},
{
"text": "Most people don't want to spend hours **slaving over a hot stove** *(= cooking)*."
},
{
"text": "A pan was simmering on the stove."
},
{
"text": "A pot of soup was cooking on the stove."
},
{
"text": "I've been slaving over a hot stove all day for you!"
},
{
"text": "We cooked dinner outside the tent on a little paraffin stove."
}
],
"topics": ["Cooking and eating", "Houses and homes"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["hot", "kitchen", "electric"],
"verb + stove": ["light", "turn off", "turn on"],
"preposition": ["on the stove"],
"phrases": ["slave over a hot stove"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/stəʊv/",
"audio": "st/stove/stove__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/stəʊv/",
"audio": "st/stove/stove__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘sweating room’): from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German stove; perhaps related to the noun stew."
}