Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Please take the pizza out of the oven.
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There’s nothing like walking into the kitchen and smelling a fresh loaf of bread baking in the oven.—Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025 Whipping up a loaf for breakfast, coffee, or dessert has never been easier—thaw the loaf, pop it in the oven, and bake for 30 minutes.—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Oct. 2025 Four roaches survived inside a cookline oven while seven of their friends crawled on the cookline floor.—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2025 Preparation requires just a few steps and goes from oven to table in two hours.—Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for oven
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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