noun
oven
UH-vn
noun
1
An enclosed chamber used for baking, roasting, or heating food.
"Preheat the oven to 200 degrees before baking the bread."
"She pulled the tray of cookies out of the oven."
2
Informally, a place that feels extremely hot.
"The greenhouse turns into an oven in the afternoon sun."
How to Use Oven
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAn appliance or chamber for cooking with dry heat.
Common pairings
preheat the oven
oven-baked
put it in the oven
Word Forms
ovened past tense, ovens plural, ovens singular
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Etymology
From Old English ofn, going back to a Proto-Germanic word for "oven," itself likely from an ancient root meaning "cooking pot."