Definition of stoves:
(n) :
A device for heating food, (UK) a cooker.
(n) :
A heater, a closed apparatus to burn fuel for the warming of a room.
(n) :
A stovetop, with hotplates.
(v) :
(transitive) To heat or dry, as in a stove.
(v) :
(transitive) To keep warm, in a house or room, by artificial heat.
(n) :
(chiefly UK) A hothouse (heated greenhouse).