: a chamber (as in a stove) that is used for baking, heating, or drying
Examples of oven in a Sentence
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Please take the pizza out of the oven.
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Remove from oven; let cool completely in cake pans on a wire rack until room temperature, about 1 hour, 30 minutes.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2025
Broil it in the oven with a light dusting of sugar for a sweet dessert.
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If it isn’t cooked, turn off oven and place fish back in the oven on a lower rack.
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Paige Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Dec. 2025
Remove from oven; let cool completely in cake pans on a wire rack until room temperature, about 1 hour, 30 minutes.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2025
Broil it in the oven with a light dusting of sugar for a sweet dessert.
—Hannah Harper, Health, 20 Dec. 2025
If it isn’t cooked, turn off oven and place fish back in the oven on a lower rack.
—Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 16 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for oven
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“Oven.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oven. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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oven
noun
ov·en
ˈəv-ən 
: a chamber (as in a stove) used for baking, heating, or drying
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