Oven

Pronunciation: /ʌvən/

Definitions of oven

noun a thermally insulated chamber used for heating, baking, or drying food

Example Sentences

A1 I use the oven to bake cookies.

A2 She forgot to turn off the oven after cooking dinner.

B1 The recipe calls for preheating the oven to 350 degrees.

B2 The oven timer beeped to signal that the lasagna was ready.

C1 The chef adjusted the oven temperature to achieve the perfect roast.

C2 The industrial oven in the bakery can bake multiple loaves of bread at once.

Examples of oven in a Sentence

formal The chef preheated the oven before placing the dough inside.

informal I'm just gonna stick this in the oven real quick.

slang Let's pop this in the oven and see what happens.

figurative Her anger was like an oven, slowly heating up until it finally exploded.

Grammatical Forms of oven

• past tense: ovened
• plural: ovens
• comparative: more oven
• superlative: most oven
• present tense: oven
• future tense: will oven
• perfect tense: have ovened
• continuous tense: is ovening
• singular: oven
• positive degree: oven
• infinitive: to oven
• gerund: ovening
• participle: ovened

Origin and Evolution of oven

First Known Use: 1250 year

Language of Origin: Latin

Story behind the word: The word 'oven' originated from the Latin word 'furnus' which referred to a brick or stone structure for baking bread or other food.

Evolution of the word: Over time, the word 'oven' has come to refer to a enclosed compartment used for heating, baking, or drying food. The design and technology of ovens have evolved significantly from simple brick structures to modern electric and gas ovens with advanced features.