oven

[ uhv-uhn ]

noun

1. a chamber or compartment, as in a stove, for baking, roasting, heating, drying, etc.

oven

/ ˈʌvən /

noun

1. an enclosed heated compartment or receptacle for baking or roasting food
2. a similar device, usually lined with a refractory material, used for drying substances, firing ceramics, heat-treating, etc

verb

1. tr to cook in an oven

Derived Forms

• ˈoven-ˌlike, adjective

Other Words From

• oven·like adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of oven¹

before 900; Middle English; Old English ofen; cognate with German Ofen, Old Norse ofn

Word History and Origins

Origin of oven¹

Old English ofen; related to Old High German ofan, Old Norse ofn

Example Sentences

Morrisons' singing oven gloves are also back, as the supermarket puts the focus on those hosting the Christmas meal.

From BBC

Pull these Christmas cookies out of the oven, because “Red One” is overdone.

From Los Angeles Times

In footage filmed for the BBC by a local journalist in Gaza at one of the few remaining bakeries in the centre of the strip, a stream of hot puffed-up pitas roll out of an oven on a conveyor belt.

From BBC

The interview process involved "lots of weird and wonderful tasks", he said, including having to put up a tent while blindfolded and wearing oven mitts.

From BBC

He told Rob Gronkowski, Brady's former NFL teammate, that he looked like “the Nazi that kept burning himself on the oven,” and said host Kevin Hart is so small “that when his ancestors picked cotton they called it deadlifting.”

From Salon

Related Words

• kiln
• microwave
• microwave oven
• stove