English Explanatory Dictionary

oven

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A chamber used for baking or heating.
  2. A very hot place.
verb
  1. To cook in an oven.

Pronunciation

/ˈʌ.vn̩/ /ˈʌv.ən/ en-us-oven.ogg

Word forms

oven ovens ovening ovened

Etymology

From Middle English oven, from Old English ofn (“oven”), from Proto-West Germanic *ofn (“oven”), from Proto-Germanic *uhnaz, *uhwnaz (“oven”). Cognate with West Frisian ûne (“oven”), Dutch oven (“oven”), Low German Aven (“oven”), German Ofen (“oven”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål ovn (“oven”), Faroese ovnur (“oven”), Icelandic ofn (“oven”), Norwegian Nynorsk omn (“oven”), Swedish ugn (“oven”), Finnish uuni (“oven”), Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌽𐍃 (auhns, “oven”)), probably from a Proto-Indo-European *aukʷ- (“cooking pot”), *Hukʷ-, *ukʷnos (compare Sanskrit उखा (ukhā, “boiler, cauldron”), Albanian anë (“vessel, cooker”), Latin aulla, olla (“pot, jar”), Ancient Greek ἰπνός (ipnós, “oven, furnace”)). The modern pronunciation shows an sound change in which Middle English /ɔv/ is changed to /uv/; compare the phonetic development of Coventry and shovel.

Derived words

bakeoven bake oven Barnstaple oven black oven bottle oven camp oven cloam oven clome oven coke oven gas convection microwave oven convection oven conventional oven countertop oven cremation oven crystal oven Dutch oven fan-assisted oven fan oven glost oven halogen oven have a bun in the oven induction oven in the oven microwave oven need more time in the oven ovenable ovenbird oven bottom oven bread oven chip oven dish oven dodger ovenette ovenful oven glove ovenless oven-like ovenlike oven magnet oven mitt ovenproof oven-proof oven rack oven-ready oven ring oven tit ovenware ovenwood pizza oven reel oven roaster oven Russian oven science oven slow oven snowball's chance in an oven toaster oven
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