microwave oven
noun
: an oven in which food is cooked by the heat produced by the absorption of microwave energy by water molecules in the food
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The diet also involves strict rules, such as only eating when hungry, only drinking when thirsty, not having any vitamin or mineral supplements, and avoiding cooking with electricity or using a microwave oven.
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Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 25 Apr. 2025
Grease dirtied the handles of the ovens, the microwave ovens and the coolers.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2025
In this case, residential microwave ovens are on for half of a 60-Hz cycle and off for the other half, emitting noise into the 2.4-gigahertz spectral band.
—Mark A. McHenry, IEEE Spectrum, 18 Aug. 2015
The microwave oven didn’t emerge from a quest to revolutionize cooking.
—Mark Nevins, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
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Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 25 Apr. 2025
Grease dirtied the handles of the ovens, the microwave ovens and the coolers.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2025
In this case, residential microwave ovens are on for half of a 60-Hz cycle and off for the other half, emitting noise into the 2.4-gigahertz spectral band.
—Mark A. McHenry, IEEE Spectrum, 18 Aug. 2015
The microwave oven didn’t emerge from a quest to revolutionize cooking.
—Mark Nevins, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for microwave oven
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“Microwave oven.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/microwave%20oven. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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