oven [ovenovens] BrE [ˈʌvn] NAmE [ˈʌvn] noun the part of a cooker/stove shaped like a box with a door on the front, in which food is cooked or heated • Take the cake out of the oven. •a gas/an electric oven •a cool/hot/moderate oven • Open a window, it's like an oven in here! compare ↑microwave, see have a bun in the oven at ↑bun
Word Origin: Old English ofen, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch oven, German Ofen, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek ipnos.
Thesaurus: oven noun C •Take the cake out of the oven. microwave (oven) • • furnace • • kiln • • range • |especially AmE stove • |BrE cooker • in the oven/microwave/furnace/kiln on the range/stove/cooker a/an gas/electric oven/furnace/kiln/range/stove/cooker cook sth in/on the oven/microwave/stove/cooker
Example Bank: •Bake them in a warm oven until risen and golden brown. •Preheat the oven to 190°C. •Switch on the oven and let it heat up. •Tandoori food is cooked in a clay oven. •baking bread in the oven
