microwave oven
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of microwave oven
First recorded in 1960–65
Example Sentences
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On a December day at an appliance store in New Delhi, Manish Sharma, an engineer at a domestic telecommunications company, bought a premium $600 microwave oven as a wedding gift for his younger brother.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
Yes, just consider the seismic impact of the microwave oven.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2024
"These are electromagnetic rays in the range of around one hundred to several thousand gigahertz, comparable to the radiation of a cell phone or a microwave oven -- but with a significantly higher frequency."
From Science Daily ● Mar. 18, 2024
Before bed beckons Saturday night, rewind the clock on the microwave, oven, car, or any other device not yet clever enough to make the leap on its own.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2023
My father always struck me as the sort of man who, under the right circumstances, might have invented the microwave oven or the transistor radio.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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