Oven

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ov=en

CIDE DICTIONARY

Oven, n. [AS. ofen; akin to D. oven, OHG. ofan, ovan, G. ofen, Icel. ofn, Dan. ovn, Sw. ugn, Goth. aúhns, Gr. 'ipno`s, Skr. ukhā pot.].

 A place arched over with brick or stonework, and used for baking, heating, or drying; hence, any structure, whether fixed or portable, which may be heated for baking, drying, etc.; esp., now, a chamber in a stove, used for baking or roasting.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Oven, n.
1 an enclosed compartment of brick, stone, or metal for cooking food.
2 a chamber for heating or drying.
3 a small furnace or kiln used in chemistry, metallurgy, etc.

Idiom

oven-ready (of food) prepared before sale so as to be ready for immediate cooking in the oven.

Etymology

OE ofen f. Gmc

THESAURUS

Oven

Seger cone, Torrid Zone, acid kiln, brickkiln, cement kiln, enamel kiln, equator, furnace, hell, inferno, kiln, limekiln, muffle kiln, pyrometer, pyrometric cone, reverberatory, reverberatory kiln, steam bath, stove, subtropics, tropics

ROGET THESAURUS

Oven

Furnace

N furnace, stove, kiln, oven, cracker, hearth, focus, combustion chamber, athanor, hypocaust, reverberatory, volcano, forge, fiery furnace, limekiln, Dutch oven, tuyere, brasier, salamander, heater, warming pan, boiler, caldron, seething caldron, pot, urn, kettle, chafing-dish, retort, crucible, alembic, still, waffle irons, muffle furnace, induction furnace, electric heater, electric furnace, electric resistance heat, open-hearth furnace, fireplace, gas fireplace, coal fire, wood fire, fire-dog, fire- irons, grate, range, kitchener, caboose, camboose, poker, tongs, shovel, ashpan, hob, trivet, andiron, gridiron, ashdrop, frying-pan, stew-pan, backlog, hearth, inglenook, oil burner, gas burner, Franklin stove, pot-bellied stove, wood-burning stove, central heating, steam heat, hot water heat, gas heat, forced hot air, electric heat, heat pump, solar heat, convective heat, hothouse, bakehouse, washhouse, laundry, conservatory, sudatory, Turkish bath, Russian bath, vapor bath, steam bath, sauna, warm bath, vaporarium.