: a chamber (as in a stove) that is used for baking, heating, or drying
Examples of oven in a Sentence
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Please take the pizza out of the oven.
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The appliance lineup is solid and consists of a dishwasher, an oven and four-burner cooktop, and an unusual fridge/freezer that has two freezer drawers.
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New Atlas, 5 Jan. 2026
Dice vegetables in seconds using a chopper, hard boil eggs in the air fryer, while potatoes bake in the oven.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
Fluffy, gooey, sweet perfection, ideal for sharing (or not), they're baked in limited quantities and handed to you straight from the oven.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2026
With notes of caramel and malt, this white hot chocolate (made by roasting the white chocolate first in the oven) is deliciously light and frothy.
—Midwest Living, 5 Jan. 2026
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New Atlas, 5 Jan. 2026
Dice vegetables in seconds using a chopper, hard boil eggs in the air fryer, while potatoes bake in the oven.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
Fluffy, gooey, sweet perfection, ideal for sharing (or not), they're baked in limited quantities and handed to you straight from the oven.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2026
With notes of caramel and malt, this white hot chocolate (made by roasting the white chocolate first in the oven) is deliciously light and frothy.
—Midwest Living, 5 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for oven
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“Oven.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oven. Accessed 6 Jan. 2026.
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oven
noun
ov·en
ˈəv-ən 
: a chamber (as in a stove) used for baking, heating, or drying
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