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oven noun [ ˈʌv(ə)n ]

• an enclosed compartment, usually part of a cooker, for cooking and heating food.
• "bake the dish in a preheated oven"
Similar: stove, kitchen stove, microwave (oven), (kitchen) range, roaster, kiln, tandoor, hangi, caboose,
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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