[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

stove \stove\, n. d. stoof a foot stove, originally, a heated
   room, a room for a bath; akin to g. stube room, ohg. stuba a
   heated room, as. stofe, icel. stofa a room, bathing room, sw.
   stufva, stuga, a room, dan. stue; of unknown origin. cf.
   estufa, stew, stufa.
   1. 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.
      1913 webster

            when most of the waiters were commanded away to
            their supper, the parlor or stove being nearly
            emptied, in came a company of musketeers. --earl of
                                                  strafford.
      1913 webster

            how tedious is it to them that live in stoves and
            caves half a year together, as in iceland, muscovy,
            or under the pole                    --burton.
      1913 webster

   2. 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.
      1913 webster

   3. hence, in modern dwellings: 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.
      pjc

   cooking stove, a stove with an oven, opening for pots,
      kettles, and the like, -- used for cooking.

   dry stove. see under dry.

   foot stove. see under foot.

   franklin stove. see in the vocabulary.

   stove plant bot., a plant which requires artificial heat
      to make it grow in cold or cold temperate climates.

   stove plate, thin iron castings for the parts of stoves.
      1913 webster
see also:
estufa stew stufa cooking stove cooking stove dry stove 
dry foot stove foot franklin stove stove plant 
stove plate 

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