Meaning

2 senses

  1. A chamber used for baking or heating.

    Backofen, Backrohr, Ofen

    печьpečʹ, пе́чкаpéčka, духо́вкаduxóvka

    пічpič, пі́чкаpíčka

    kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting

  2. (colloquial, figuratively)A very hot place.

Examples

309 sentences

  1. I don't have a microwave oven.

    У мене немає мікрохвильової пічки. — deniko

    ruУ меня нет микроволновки. — marafon

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  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

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  3. I've got a cake in the oven.

    У мене в духовці пиріг. — deniko

    ruУ меня пирог в духовке. — marafon

    deIch habe einen Kuchen im Ofen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. Tom put the turkey in the oven.

    Том поклав індика до духовки. — deniko

    ruТом положил индейку в духовку. — marafon

    deTom schob den Truthahn in den Ofen. — wolfgangth

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  5. Did you know your oven doesn't work?

    Ти знав, що твоя духовка не працює? — deniko

    ruТы знал, что у тебя духовка не работает? — marafon

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Translations

9 languages
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By meaning 1
chamber used for baking or heating:
Русский
By meaning 1
chamber used for baking or heating:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
chamber used for baking or heating:

Origin

From Middle English oven, from Old English ofn (“oven”), from Proto-West Germanic *ofn (“o

From Middle English oven, from Old English ofn (“oven”), from Proto-West Germanic *ofn (“oven”), from Proto-Germanic *uhnaz, *uhwnaz (“oven”). Cognate with West Frisian ûne (“oven”), Dutch oven (“oven”), Low German Aven (“oven”), German Ofen (“oven”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål ovn (“oven”), Faroese ovnur (“oven”), Icelandic ofn (“oven”), Norwegian Nynorsk omn (“oven”), Swedish ugn (“oven”), Finnish uuni (“oven”), Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌽𐍃 (auhns, “oven”)), probably from a Proto-Indo-European *aukʷ- (“cooking pot”), *Hukʷ-, *ukʷnos (compare Sanskrit उखा (ukhā, “boiler, cauldron”), Albanian anë (“vessel, cooker”), Latin aulla, olla (“pot, jar”), Ancient Greek ἰπνός (ipnós, “oven, furnace”)).

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Forms

plural: ovens
Singularoven
Pluralovens

regular

Word family

40 related words
Derivedbake ovenblack ovenbottle ovencamp ovenclome ovenconvection ovenconventional ovencountertop ovencremation ovencrystal ovenfan-assisted ovenfan ovenglost ovenhalogen oveninduction ovenmicrowave ovenovenableovenbirdoven bottomoven breadoven chipoven dishovenetteovenful

Collocations

7 patterns
  • of the oven
  • in the oven
  • microwave oven
  • a microwave oven
  • oven mitt
  • an an oven
  • the oven too

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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oven — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto