to microwave

Examples

• All

• My dinner's not gonna microwave itself.

  Playing with Fire (2019)

• Jan's burrito had been in the freezer until she hastily microwaved it.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Yeah, well, that TV dinner is not gonna microwave itself.

  The Boss Baby: Family Business (2021)

• Dude, I know how to microwave pizza.

  People Like Us (2012)

• Remove the lid and microwave the milk in the jar on high for 45 seconds.

  Blog text (27)

• My kids, in a hurry, have even microwaved it, but I don't recommend it.

  Blog text (9)

• They're super easy to make, too: just microwave for 5 minutes (turn it over halfway through).

  Blog text (27)

• Retreating to my room with a bag of microwaved popcorn, I ate the whole bagful in record time.

  Fiction book (2002)

• 1 cup mashed, cooked sweet potato (either leftover or microwaved works well)

  Fiction book (1997)

• To heat the leftovers, just microwave them for two minutes.

Synonyms

C

to cook

vsto microwave

∞ 1.0

To prepare food by heating it, for example by boiling or frying

refers specifically to heating food in that small high-speed oven

N

to nuke

vsto microwave

• Informal

8 5.8

To heat food quickly in a microwave oven

is the common verb for heating food in that small oven

Z

to zap

vsto microwave

• Informal

3 4.1

To heat food quickly in a microwave

is the usual term for heating food in that oven

Idioms

I

in the microwave

26 1.0

Using a microwave to heat or cook food

Compounds

M

microwave oven

14 1.3

An electric kitchen machine that quickly heats or cooks food

C

cosmic microwave background

• Specialized

2 8.3

Faint microwaves left from the early universe that fill space

C

cosmic microwave background radiation

• Specialized

1 7.7

A faint microwave glow left from the early universe that fills space nearly evenly

M

microwave bomb

• NSFW

8.8

A weapon that explodes in the air to stop electronic devices from working without hurting people or buildings

M

microwave diathermy machine

• Specialized

8.0

A device that heats deep parts of the body with microwaves for therapy

M

microwave linear accelerator

• Specialized

7.2

A machine that uses microwaves to speed up charged particles in a straight line

M

microwave radar

• Specialized

4.2

A system that sends short bursts of microwaves to find how far away objects are

M

microwave spectroscopy

• Specialized

6.9

A method that uses microwaves to study atoms and molecules

M

microwave spectrum

• Specialized

5.7

Part of invisible radio waves with higher frequencies that carry radar, satellite, and Wi-Fi signals

Surface Forms

Etymology