HOW TO PRONOUNCE
oven
/ˈʌ.vn̩/
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What does oven mean?
noun
- A chamber used for baking or heating.
- (figuratively) A very hot place.
verb
- (informal) To cook in an oven.
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Dust it all over with grated Parmesan and Cheddar, put it in the oven for half an hour, and serve very hot.
After an hour's walk my tormentors halted before the mouth of an oven,--a furnace heated seven times, and now roaring with flames.
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They are spread out in a layer so that evaporation may easily take place, the door of the oven being left open.
A flannel bag, filled with hot powdered table salt, made hot in the oven, applied to the bowels, will afford much comfort.
His great feat was to enter an oven with a raw leg of mutton, not retiring until the meat was well baked.