Definition of oven
: a chamber used for baking, heating, or drying
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Examples of oven in a Sentence
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Please take the pizza out of the oven.
Recent Examples of oven from the Web
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The kitchen has a custom wood ceiling with granite counters, stainless appliances, double ovens, a gas cooktop and hardwood floors.
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Wolen plans to make much use of the restaurant's wood-burning oven and rotisserie; this will be a simpler concept than Wolen's Boka.
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Our broiled sea scallops featured lots of specimens, glistening in a pool of butter, but the seafood should have been pulled out of the oven sooner.
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Sciamadde specialize in subtly flavored tarts and pancakes, baked in deep, old woodburning ovens on copper pans, each as big as a tractor wheel.
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When they are done to your liking, remove from the oven and serve!
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Yay Area, pride reached ghost pepper-like heat, technical problems with an oven forced Ayesha Curry to improvise.
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Wait until the oven is cool to add water to clean it.
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There, the garages — the hot ovens used to fire glass — stay fired up 24 hours a day.
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Origin and Etymology of oven
Middle English, from Old English ofen; akin to Old High German ofan oven and perhaps to Greek ipnos oven
OVEN Defined for English Language Learners
oven
playDefinition of oven for English Language Learners
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: a piece of cooking equipment that is used for baking or roasting food
OVEN Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of oven for Students
: a heated chamber (as in a stove) for baking, heating, or drying
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