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oven

noun · verb

Simple meaning

Kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting.

Pronunciation

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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈʌvən

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Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

noun

  1. Kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting

  2. A chamber used for baking or heating.

  3. colloquialfigurative

    A very hot place.

verb

  1. transitivecolloquialinformal

    To cook in an oven.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
B1 · Intermediate (estimated)
Frequency
Common
Typical Use
General English

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This meaning: Kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting

Used this way, oven is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a food and cooking use: everyday in kitchens and recipes.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
Matter-of-fact
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

Where it naturally appears

  • Cooking/food
  • Everyday conversation

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More ways to use oven

  • “The fresh bread smelled wonderful baking in the oven.”

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Common Patterns and Combinations

How this word naturally appears with others.

Chamber

hot oven

Cook

microwave oven

Other combinations

moderate ovenoven temperatureoven doorcoke ovenpreheated ovendegree oven

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Word Family

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Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • oven thermometernounCompound term

    A thermometer that registers the temperature inside an oven.

  • oven broilverbCompound term

    Cook under a broiler.

  • dutch ovennounCompound term

    An oven consisting of a metal box for cooking in front of a fire.

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