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

That means offering more side dishes at good prices, including ones baked in the chain’s ovens.

From The Wall Street Journal

"So that's what you spend more on than your lights or your computer or your oven."

From BBC

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

It’s the only resort in the Maldives with a Zuma, and its Cantonese restaurant, Li Long, a Peking duck expert from Beijing, helms the country’s first wood-fired oven.

From Salon

The company's boats have central heating, flush toilets, and hot and cold running water, as well as hobs, grills, ovens and fridges.

From BBC

Related Words

• kiln
• microwave
• microwave oven
• stove