oven
noun
a chamber or compartment, as in a stove, for baking, roasting, heating, drying, etc.
ovens
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pluralof oven.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Magic Chef stove, one of the first ovens to be equipped with a clock, recast kitchen work as something that could be measured and controlled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Reconsider your “smart” home: Cameras are becoming more and more common in home appliances, including in smart ovens, refrigerators, doorbells, and toothbrushes—even as people decry surveillance measures in public.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026
Their roller kilns - which transport materials through every production phase inside industrial ovens - are powered by electric motors.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
In Paris in particular this summer, the steep temperatures turned apartments directly under iconic Haussmann-era buildings with zinc-covered roofs into virtual ovens.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Volunteers were bustling with last-minute preparations, checking to be sure that each station had the same ingredients in the same amounts, wiping down the counters, preheating the ovens.
From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff
