oven
pronunciation
How to pronounce oven in British English:
UK [ˈʌvn]
How to pronounce oven in American English:
US [ˈʌvn]
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- Noun:
- kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting
Word Origin
- oven (n.)
- Old English ofen "furnace, oven," from Proto-Germanic *ukhnaz (cognates: Old Frisian, Dutch oven, Old High German ovan, German Ofen, Old Norse ofn, Old Swedish oghn, Gothic auhns), from PIE *aukw- "cooking pot" (cognates: Sanskrit ukhah "pot, cooking pot," Latin aulla "pot," Greek ipnos), originally, perhaps, "something hollowed out." The oven-bird (1825) so called because of the shape of its nest. In slang, of a woman, to have (something) in the oven "to be pregnant" is attested from 1962.
Example
- 1. Or it can be put on the oven loader .
- 2. He used this insight to help develop the microwave oven .
- 3. Serve made-to-order pizzas from the boat 's pizza oven .
- 4. In the centre was an oven and a table .
- 5. Remove from oven and cool for 15-20 minutes .