oven

noun

ov·​en ˈə-vən 

: 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.

Recent Examples on the Web

Some snacked on free food provided by a man who fired up a generator to make hot drinks and toaster-oven pizzas. —Christopher Cann, USA Today, 28 Jan. 2026

Remove from oven and let sit 10 minutes (no peeking). —Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026

This marvelous oven has an eight-in-one function with multiple cooking modes to slow cook, braise, bake, and make brown rice, white rice, pasta, and oats. —Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 27 Jan. 2026

The same InstaGLO platform now sits at the core of a forthcoming oven combining microwave energy, high‑speed air, and infrared, eliminating the need to preheat and compressing what used to be a three‑step dance between microwave, oven, and broiler into one cycle. —Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026

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

Phrases Containing oven

• beehive oven
• convection oven
• Dutch oven
• have a bun in the oven
• like an oven
• microwave oven
• oven glove
• oven mitt
• oven-ready
• toaster oven

Rhymes for oven

• coven

Kids Definition

oven

noun

ov·​en ˈəv-ən 

: a chamber (as in a stove) used for baking, heating, or drying