heated compartment for cooking; furnace
Search Dictionary
Oven Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Oven Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA 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.
oven
\ov"en\ (?), n. [as. ofen; akin to d. oven, ohg. ofan, ovan, g. ofen, icel. ofn, dan. ovn, sw. ugn, goth. a?hns, gr. &?;, 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.
similar words(6)
microwave oven
toaster oven
glost oven
dutch oven
ash-oven
reel oven
Meaning
Pregnant - Oven = womb, baby = bun
© 2004 The Phrase Finder. Take a look at Phrase Finder’s sister site, the Phrases Thesaurus, a subscription service for professional writers & language lovers.Pregnant - Oven = womb, baby = bun
Ffwrn = n. a furnace, an oven
Poban = n. an oven; a roaster
pregnant
a cast iron container with lid used for campfire cooking, hot coals are placed over and around it
farting under the bed cover blankets and pulling the covers over someone else's head
be pregnant
Noun
1. kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting
(hypernym) kitchen appliance
(hyponym) broiler
Oven Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries
For a woman to dream that her baking oven is red hot, denotes that she will be loved by her own family and friends, for her sweet and unselfish nature. If she is baking, temporary disappointments await her. If the oven is broken, she will undergo many vexations from children and servants.
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or "What's in a dream": a scientific and practical exposition; By Gustavus Hindman, 1910. For the open domain e-text see: Guttenberg ProjectOven Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
An appliance that is an enclosed compartment supplied with heat and used for cooking food. Toaster ovens are not considered ovens. The range stove top or burners and the oven are considered two separate appliances, although they are often purchased as one appliance.
Source: Energy Information Administration, 2006Oven Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
An oven is a thermally insulated chamber used for the heating, baking or drying of a substance. It is most commonly used for cooking. Kilns and furnaces are special-purpose ovens. The first being used mainly for the fabrication of pottery and the second being used for forging.
| See more at Wikipedia.org... |
Oven Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
Oven Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
Heb. tannur, (Hos. 7:4). In towns there appear to have been public ovens. There was a street in Jerusalem (Jer. 37:21) called "bakers' street" (the only case in which the name of a street in Jerusalem is preserved). The words "tower of the furnaces" (Neh. 3:11; 12:38) is more properly "tower of the ovens" (Heb. tannurim). These resemble the ovens in use among ourselves. There were other private ovens of different kinds. Some were like large jars made of earthenware or copper, which were heated inside with wood (1 Kings 17:12; Isa. 44:15; Jer. 7:18) or grass (Matt. 6:30), and when the fire had burned out, small pieces of dough were placed inside or spread in thin layers on the outside, and were thus baked. (See FURNACE.) Pits were also formed for the same purposes, and lined with cement. These were used after the same manner. Heated stones, or sand heated by a fire heaped over it, and also flat irons pans, all served as ovens for the preparation of bread. (See Gen. 18:6; 1 Kings 19:6.)
The eastern oven is of two kinds-fixed and portable. The former is found only in towns, where regular bakers are employed. (Hosea 7:4) The latter ia adapted to the nomad state, it consists of a large jar made of clay, about three feet high and widening toward the bottom, with a hole for the extraction of the ashes. Each household possessed such an article, (Exodus 8:3) and it was only in times of extreme dearth that the same oven sufficed for several families. (Leviticus 26:26) It was heated with dry twigs and grass, (Matthew 6:30) and the loaves were placed both inside and outside of it.
