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Oven ˈʌvn Noun Bre Cake Gas/An Electric Cool/Hot/Moderate

Word oven
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / ˈʌvn / NAmE / ˈʌvn /
Example
  • take the cake out of the oven.
  • a gas/an electric oven
  • a cool/hot/moderate oven
  • open a window, it's like an oven in here!
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oven

(noun)BrE / ˈʌvn / NAmE / ˈʌvn /
  1. the part of a cooker/stove shaped like a box with a door on the front, in which food is cooked or heated
    • compare microwave
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/microwave_1
    • Take the cake out of the oven.
    • a gas/an electric oven
    • a cool/hot/moderate oven
    • Open a window, it's like an oven in here!
  2. to be pregnant
  3. Extra Examples

    • Bake them in a warm oven until risen and golden brown.
    • Preheat the oven to 190°C.
    • Switch on the oven and let it heat up.
    • Tandoori food is cooked in a clay oven.
    • baking bread in the oven

    Word Origin

    • Old English ofen, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch oven, German Ofen, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek ipnos.
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