microwave oven
noun
Examples of microwave oven in a Sentence
Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
All four of these recipes were tested in a standard 1250-watt microwave oven.
—Nancy Baggett, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
The ingredients and bowl will get hot during cooking, so have a mitt handy for lifting them in and out of the microwave oven.
—Nancy Baggett, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
This user-friendly microwave oven combines efficacy and convenience for all of your daily cooking needs.
—Donna Kim, Bon Appétit, 24 Nov. 2023
As the Amana cookbook noted, breads don’t brown in a microwave oven.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Dec. 2022
Government funding helped develop the satellite, the jet engine, the snowmobile and the microwave oven.
—David Leonhardt, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023
Despite the dimensions, the microwave oven doesn't lack much.
—Brigitt Earley, Good Housekeeping, 31 Aug. 2023
This microwave oven air fryer combo is the ultimate space-saving cooking device that does all your lazy chefing needs.
—Taylor Gumm, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2023
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1955, in the meaning defined above
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