Meaning

1 senses
  1. An electromagnetic wave with wavelength between that of infrared light and radio waves.

    Many radar systems use a combination of radio waves and microwaves.

    Mikrowelle

    микроволна́mikrovolná

    мікрохви́ляmikroxvýlja

    a short electromagnetic wave (longer than infrared but shorter than radio waves); used for radar and microwave ovens and for transmitting telephone, facsimile, video and data

Examples

160 sentences
  1. I don't have a microwave oven.

    У мене немає мікрохвильової пічки. — deniko

    ruУ меня нет микроволновки. — marafon

  2. Please put this in the microwave oven.

    Будь ласка, постав це до мікрохвильової печі. — deniko

    ruПожалуйста, поставьте это в микроволновку. — Balamax

    deStellen Sie das bitte in die Mikrowelle. — Fingerhut

  3. Tom doesn't have a microwave oven.

    ruУ Тома нет микроволновой печи. — Lenin_1917

  4. How long should I microwave this?

    ruНа сколько микроволновку ставить? — marafon

    deWie lange muss das in die Mikrowelle? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. How long did you microwave it?

Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
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electromagnetic wave:
Deutsch
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electromagnetic wave:

Origin

From micro- + wave.

From micro- + wave.

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Forms

plural: microwaves
Singularmicrowave
Pluralmicrowaves

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
SHF
Close in meaning
  • kitchen appliance that cooks food by passing an electromagnetic wave through it; heat results from the absorption of energy by the water molecules in the food:microwave oven

Word family

11 related words

Collocations

4 patterns
  • microwave oven
  • a microwave oven
  • in the microwave
  • has a microwave

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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