Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Please take the pizza out of the oven.
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Old English ofen; akin to Old High German ofan oven and perhaps to Greek ipnos oven
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of oven was
before the 12th century
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