oven

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ov·en / ˈəvən/ • n. an enclosed compartment, as in a kitchen range, for cooking and heating food. ∎  a small furnace or kiln. ∎  a cremation chamber in a Nazi concentration camp.

oven

views updated May 11 2018

oven †furnace; receptacle for food to be cooked by radiating heat. OE. ofen = (M)LG., (M)Du. oven, OHG. ovan (G. ofen), ON. ofn, ogn, Goth. *auhns; obscurely rel. to Skr. ukhá- cooking-pot, Gr. ipnós oven, furnace.