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 in a Sentence
The apartment came with a microwave.
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Several microwave relay links between Washington and Norfolk pass directly over the Soviet antennae.
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Several microwave relay links between Washington and Norfolk pass directly over the Soviet antennae.
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Chris Jones THE FEAR: Microwaves pull chemicals out of plastic and into your food.
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Chris Jones THE FEAR: Microwaves pull chemicals out of plastic and into your food.
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Microwave-size 3D printers are stacked on wooden tables next to containers filled to the brim with plastic for prosthetic hands.
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Microwave-size 3D printers are stacked on wooden tables next to containers filled to the brim with plastic for prosthetic hands.
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After heating up leftover pasta bolognese, your microwave looks like a murder scene.
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Cellular base stations, undersea cables, and microwave relays are all invoked in what seem like the simplest and most straightforward tasks.
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First Known Use of microwave
1931
microwave
Definition of microwave
transitive verb
: to cook or heat in a microwave oven
Examples of microwave in a Sentence
microwave a bowl of soup
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The researchers concluded that the best way to cook mushrooms while still preserving their nutritional properties is to grill or microwave them, as the fried and boiled mushrooms showed significantly less antioxidant activity.
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For the study, which was published in the International Journal of Food Sciences, the team evaluated the influence of boiling, microwaving, grilling and frying white button, shiitake, oyster and king oyster mushrooms.
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Microwaving the bacon is a safe, simple shortcut that prevents grease spatters and speeds cooking.
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His solution, the Ch-Easy Squeeze, melts cheese inside a cheese-block shaped container when microwaved and squirts it in an stream with a slight push from the user — avoiding grating cheese for nachos or spaghetti.
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Its grassy flavor is better with methods that concentrate the flavor – roasting, or pan-frying, even microwaving.
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Then Durant hung on the rim long enough to microwave a potato.
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First Known Use of microwave
1973
MICROWAVE Defined for English Language Learners
microwave
playDefinition of microwave for English Language Learners
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physics : a very short wave of electromagnetic energy
microwave
Definition of microwave for English Language Learners
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: to cook or heat (food) in a microwave oven
MICROWAVE Defined for Kids
Definition of microwave for Students
1 : a radio wave between one millimeter and one meter in wavelength
2 : microwave oven
Definition of microwave for Students
microwaved
;microwaving
: to cook or heat in a microwave oven
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microwave
playMedical Definition of microwave
: a comparatively short electromagnetic wave; especially : one between about 1 millimeter and 1 meter in wavelength
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