coke oven

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noun

an oven for the conversion of coal into coke by heating the coal in the absence of air so as to distill the volatile ingredients.

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Origin of coke oven

First recorded in 1830–40

Words nearby coke oven

coitus reservatus, cojones, coke, coked-up, cokehead, coke oven, coker, cokernut, cokuloris, col, cola

How to use coke oven in a sentence

He would shake a chilled Coke, and then spray the soda into a cold glass of milk.
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If the cake rises well in the oven, it is commonly said that it is "nice and plum;" and vice vers, that it is heavy.
Notes and Queries, Number 194, July 16, 1853|Various
When we place the watch in an oven the heat of which is 95 degrees, we might find that it had lost seven seconds.
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Roll it out thin, cut it into small round biscuits, and bake in a hot oven.
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