Enough to wait for the water to warm on the stove?

I told her I'd have something on the stove whenever she got back.

Some can be used while a pan is on the stove.

Somehow he had expected them to have it on the stove, waiting.

There's some coffee on the stove, and the rest room is over there.

She put the pot on the stove, came over, and sat down at the table across from him.

I put my feet up on the stove, just like the Colonel.

She turned away to switch off the heat on the stove.

She did not dare to take one of those on the stove.

He put the pot back on the stove and sat down.