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

Mia Chai, newly living in New York City and working in financial communications, will turn to her oven.

From The Wall Street Journal

"You repurpose existing skills -- using an oven, measuring ingredients, kneading dough -- and combine them with new ones, like whipping batter and making frosting, to create something entirely different."

From Science Daily

After breakfast following practice, she was set to rush home and put the family turkey in the oven.

From Los Angeles Times

Stocks are having their best Thanksgiving week since 2012 but as Americans around the country rush to put their turkeys in the oven even more market gains could be heating up.

From Barron's

Stocks are having their best Thanksgiving week since 2012 but as Americans around the country rush to put their turkeys in the oven even more market gains could be heating up.

From Barron's

Related Words

• kiln
• microwave
• microwave oven
• stove