convection oven
Americannoun
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convection ovens
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of convection oven
First recorded in 1970–75
Example Sentences
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The fan acts as a convection oven, an appliance that circulates hot air in order to cook food quickly and evenly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Dehydrators remove water by exposing ingredients to low heat while keeping air circulating throughout, much like a convection oven but at a temperature that doesn’t actually cook them.
From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2023
But fans can backfire and turn a room into a convection oven when indoor temperatures exceed about 95 degrees Fahrenheit.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 5, 2023
The heat, stoked in a treeless desert where rising warm air is trapped by surrounding mountains and recirculates like a convection oven, seemed like a distant legend to our wool-hatted and thermal-clad crowd.
From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2023
The oven was an electric convection oven, and he was careful to make sure other appliances around his house were switched off while he was cooking.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2022
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