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oven
[ uhv-uhn ]
noun
- a chamber or compartment, as in a stove, for baking, roasting, heating, drying, etc.
oven
/ ˈʌə /
noun
- an enclosed heated compartment or receptacle for baking or roasting food
- a similar device, usually lined with a refractory material, used for drying substances, firing ceramics, heat-treating, etc
verb
- tr to cook in an oven
Derived Forms
- ˈDZ-ˌ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- DZIJ· adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of oven1
Word History and Origins
Origin of oven1
Example Sentences
The frozen cookie dough arrives ready to pop into the oven for a freshly-baked treat.
After some time in the oven, perfuming the entire house, the ham would emerge crispy and crackly on top—a perfect interplay of umami, sweetness, and spice.
Today, Scunthorpe has an air of a town returning to a war footing; a community fighting to keep the coke ovens burning, with 2,700 jobs and its identity etched into steel at stake.
She’s spent days digging up garbage buried three feet deep in the garden and even muscled an old oven from the planting area to the curb after someone dumped it during the night.
In a family kitchen in Ohio, another skips the eggs entirely but slides the whole mess — pasta, sauce, meat, cheese — into the oven, no recipe in sight.
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