oven
noun
a chamber or compartment, as in a stove, for baking, roasting, heating, drying, etc.
ovenlike
-
a word derived from
oven.
Example Sentences
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After last-minute gulps of water, everyone filters back into the heat of the desert and hurries to air out the cars’ ovenlike cabins.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Farmers in the Midwest are watching helplessly as ovenlike conditions blister their runty fields of corn.
From New York Times ● Jul. 2, 2012
In their ovenlike sheds, intent on their hazardous work, paying no mind to tourists angling for shots, they embody the much-told story of Africa as a culture of recycling.
From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2012
Below, her ovenlike engine room became a madhouse.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Commander turned from the window and walked toward the fire that burned brightly on the deep ovenlike hearth.
From Selected Stories of Bret Harte by Bret Harte
