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Definition of oven noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

oven

noun
 
 
/ˈʌvn/
 
/ˈʌvn/
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  1. the part of a cooker that is like a box with a door on the front, in which food is cooked or heated
    • Take the cake out of the oven.
    • Bake in a preheated oven for 15–20 minutes.
    • a gas/an electric oven
    • a cool/hot/moderate oven
    • Open a window, it's like an oven in here!
    • Use oven mitts to move hot food.
    compare microwave see also convection oven, fan oven
    Extra Examples
    • Bake them in a warm oven until risen and golden brown.
    • Preheat the oven to 190°C.
    • Tandoori food is cooked in a clay oven.
    Topics Cooking and eatinga2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • electric
    • gas
    • microwave
    • …
    verb + oven
    • turn on
    • heat
    • preheat
    • …
    oven + verb
    • heat
    • heat up
    • cool
    • …
    oven + noun
    • dish
    • glove
    • mitt
    • …
    preposition
    • in an/​the oven
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    Word OriginOld English ofen, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch oven, German Ofen, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek ipnos.
Idioms
have a bun in the oven
  1. (informal, humorous) to be pregnant
See oven in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee oven in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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