noun
oven
UHV-un/ˈʌvn/
An enclosed heated appliance or chamber for cooking or baking.
The loaf bakes on a rack inside the closed oven.
Etymology
Old English ofen already named a chamber in which food cooked by heat radiated from its structure. The modern appliance preserves that central idea of cooking within a heated enclosure.
In context
another baking sheet, plop it down. This is gonna go into the oven at 400 degrees for about 11 minutes, exactly.
More examples
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- The cookies bake on the oven's middle rack.
- The bakery has two large ovens for baking bread.
Forms
oven · ovens
Similar words
- microwave
- Heats food with microwaves rather than conventional radiant heat.
- roaster
- An appliance specifically for roasting, rather than general baking.