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to heat the oven

to heat the oven

1 1.0
Make the oven reach the right temperature before you put food in it
  • phrasal verb
translation icon : precalentar el horno
  • - I can't get enough firewood to heat the oven properly.
  • heat the oven to 400 degrees
  • heat the oven to 400°
  • heat the oven to 375

Examples

  • "'I've heated the oven and kneaded the dough.

    New Nightmare (1994)

  • Heat the oven: Preheat oven to 400°F.

    Blog text (3)

  • Before starting to bake, heat the oven to 350 degrees.

  • To ensure the pizza cooks evenly, heat the oven to 450 degrees for at least 15 minutes.

  • Make sure to heat the oven to the required temperature before placing the casserole inside.

Synonyms

to preheat
vsto heat the oven
35 2.1

To heat an oven or pan to the right temperature before you cook

focuses on bringing the cooking appliance to the right temperature before use
to preheat the oven
vsto heat the oven
7 1.0

Make the oven hot to the right temperature before you cook

is specifically for preparing the cooking appliance before placing food in it

Antonyms

to cool down
28 1.1

Become less hot or make something less hot

How Hot

to overheat
50 3.7
to heat the oven
1 1.0

Surface Forms

heat the oven infinitive
heated the oven past
heated the oven past participle
heating the oven present participle
heats the oven third person singular

Morphology

heat + the + oven

The meaning 'to make an oven reach the desired temperature' is directly and transparently composed from 'heat' (to make hotter) + 'oven' (cooking appliance); the article 'the' is only a grammatical marker. This is a literal, compositional cooking instruction common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will understand it.

Etymology

Heat the oven is a simple cooking step: you heat the oven (make it hot) before you put food inside so cakes and bread cook evenly. That's why it means 'to make an oven reach the right temperature before placing food in'.