stovetop

noun

stove·​top ˈstōv-ˌtäp 

variants or stove top or less commonly stove-top

plural stovetops or stove tops also stove-tops

: the top of a range (see range entry 1 sense 2) that has burners or heating elements

… a new, fabulous … range with a five-burner stovetop that, woe is me, I barely got to cook on before heading to Atlanta …

—Ligaya Figueras

Across the room a … mouse moved over the stove top and browsed for drippings from the big pot.

—William Least Heat-Moon

Inside the building … users have access to a shiny, new kitchen complete with two electric convection ovens, a fryer …, a griddle, a stove-top with 12 burners as well as a freezer and cold storage.

—Brian McVicar

—sometimes used before another noun

a stovetop kettle

Barbecue sauce from the bottle pales beside the 15-minute stovetop version here.

—Lillian Chou

Examples of stovetop in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

If your favorite chef isn’t already privy to the cookware essential from Our Place, this V-Day is the perfect time to upgrade her stovetop. —Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 24 Jan. 2025

Cover in the oven, on the stovetop, or in the microwave to help lock in juices. —Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 23 Jan. 2025

Six months after the hurricane, Williams is rebuilding The Last Bar Before the Jungle piece by piece, searing spiny lobsters on a stovetop surrounded by power tools. —Joe Sills, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025

Induction stovetops create electric currents in a pan with a magnetic field, cooking food in a fraction of the time for a fraction of the energy. —Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 17 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1920, in the meaning defined above