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Oven

//ˈʌv.ən//

Definitions

nounovens

1
A chamber used for baking or heating.
Baby I'm hot just like an oven / I need some lovin'
2
A very hot place.
The ballroom that evening was an absolute oven. I probably perspired more dancing then during the afternoon ballgame.

verbovens · ovening · ovened

1
To cook in an oven.
I'm gonna oven the pie for about 30 minutes, mate.

Word Origin

From Middle English oven, from Old English ofn, from Proto-West Germanic *ofn, from Proto-Germanic *uhnaz, *uhwnaz (compare Dutch oven, Low German Aven, West Frisian ûne, German Ofen, Danish ovn, Norw...

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