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microwave

7 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) microwave (noun)
  2. 2) microwave (verb)
  3. microwave background (noun)
  4. microwave oven (noun)
  5. microwave relay (noun)
  6. microwave spectrum (noun)
  7. cosmic microwave background (noun)

1mi·cro·wave

noun, often attributive \-ˌwāv\

Definition of MICROWAVE

1
: a comparatively short electromagnetic wave; especially : one between about one millimeter and one meter in wavelength
2
: microwave oven
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Examples of MICROWAVE

  1. The apartment came with a microwave.

First Known Use of MICROWAVE

1931

Rhymes with MICROWAVE

alpha wave, architrave, autoclave, beta wave, biconcave, delta wave, finger wave, pressure wave, standing wave, tidal wave, transverse wave

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