oven
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$ \mathrm{oven} /ˈʌvn/
noun
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.
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.
SEE ALSO convection oven, fan oven
TOPICS Cooking and eating A2
Collocations
adjective
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
Word Origin
Old English ofen, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch oven, German Ofen, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek ipnos.