oven

American  

[uhv-uhn] / ˈʌv ən /

noun

1. a chamber or compartment, as in a stove, for baking, roasting, heating, drying, etc.

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oven British  

/ ˈʌvən /

noun

1. an enclosed heated compartment or receptacle for baking or roasting food

2. a similar device, usually lined with a refractory material, used for drying substances, firing ceramics, heat-treating, etc

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verb

1. (tr) to cook in an oven

Other Word Forms

• oven-like adjective
• ovenlike adjective

Etymology

Origin of oven

before 900; Middle English; Old English ofen; cognate with German Ofen, Old Norse ofn

Example Sentences

It was everywhere online: a glistening democracy of vegetables and protein, dutifully spaced on parchment, slid into a hot oven, retrieved as a complete life solution.

From Salon

The firm recently unveiled a “Screens Everywhere” initiative that also includes washers, dryers and ovens.

From The Wall Street Journal

Outside, there is a “fireplace lounge, full kitchen/bbq and bar, and wood-fired pizza oven,” as per the listing.

From MarketWatch

The spatula that warped when it got left in the oven?

From Salon

Mama could have coffee on the stove and a cake in the oven as fast as most people could say, “best wishes.”

From Literature

Related Words

• kiln
• microwave
• microwave oven
• stove