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oven

oven

408 1.0
A heated space in a kitchen appliance for baking or roasting food
  • noun
  • /ˈʌvən/
: horno
  • I got this wonderful leg of lamb in the oven for supper, and the house is immaculate.
  • bake in the oven
  • microwave oven
  • electric oven

It says here parchment paper is oven safe and non stick.

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Examples

  • After preheating the oven, I put the lasagna inside to cook.

  • Once you've put the Turkey in the oven, just let it sit.

  • Then you put it in the oven for a while.

  • OK, we're going to put them in the oven just like that.

  • So back in the oven we go for our final cook.

  • It's like it's been in the oven for a very long time.

  • It's just coming out of the oven, my lady.

  • Your food was getting cold, so I put it in the oven.

  • We have a couple of pizzas in the oven right now for dinner.

  • When these are right out of the oven, they're unstoppable.

Synonyms

toaster oven
vsoven
14 2.7

A small electric oven that toasts, bakes, and warms food on a kitchen counter

is a larger built-in or freestanding kitchen chamber for broader cooking tasks
gas oven
vsoven
2 1.0

An oven that uses gas to cook or bake food

is the general kitchen chamber not tied to a specific fuel
electric oven
vsoven
1 2.0

An oven that uses electricity to bake or roast food

is the general kitchen chamber used for baking, roasting, or heating food

Idioms

1 8.4

To be pregnant and expecting a baby

Compounds

An electric kitchen machine that quickly heats or cooks food

14 2.7

A small electric oven that toasts, bakes, and warms food on a kitchen counter

7 4.1

A heavy pot with a tight lid used for slow cooking

2 1.0

An oven that uses gas to cook or bake food

An oven that uses electricity to bake or roast food

A small tool that measures the temperature inside an oven

Dutch oven
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A prank in which someone traps a person under covers and passes gas

gas oven
  • Specialized
1 8.6

A chamber that uses gas to burn dead bodies

oven dodger
  • Informal
1 9.7

A person who avoids cooking at home and prefers eating out or ready meals

1 4.8

A large chicken for roasting sold in supermarkets under a brand name

science oven
  • Specialized
8.3

An oven in a lab that heats samples under set conditions

How Hot

blast furnace
  • Specialized
4 5.6
kiln
  • Specialized
16 6.3
furnace
94 4.1
athanor
  • Archaic
1 9.9
oven
408 1.0
stove
69 1.0
brazier
2 8.1

Surface Forms

oven singular
ovens plural

Etymology

Oven comes from the old English word ofen, which meant 'a heated chamber' and is like the German word Ofen. So an oven is a warm, closed space used to bake or roast food.