ovens

Heated cooking enclosures

Ovens is the plural of oven—an enclosed chamber for heating, baking, or drying.

Kitchen ovens cook food; industrial ovens cure materials or fire ceramics.

The bakery runs six ovens through the night.

Figuratively, a place described as an oven is unbearably hot: This apartment is an oven in summer.

baking

bread

Leavened flour product

muffins · scones · biscuits · brownies · cupcakes · piecrust · tart · quiche · soufflé · casserole

appliance

stove

Kitchen heating appliance

microwave · toaster · cooktop · thermostat · timer · preheat · self-cleaning · electric · gas · countertop

pottery

kiln

Oven for hardening clay

earthenware · stoneware · porcelain · terracotta · bisque · raku · cone · reduction · oxidation · annealing

roasting

turkey

Wattled North American fowl

  • chickenDomestic fowl for eating
  • beefBovine meat for eating
  • lambJuvenile sheep

pork · duck · venison · basting · carving · seasoning · thermometer · crispy · juicy · tender

industrial

furnace

Enclosed heat-producing structure

tempering · curing · drying · sterilization · cremation · coke · blast · muffle · retort · laboratory

Categories
Opposites
cooking method enclosure

ovensstovetops

Kitchen cooking surfaces

cooktops · burners · hotplates · grills · campfires

temperature function

ovensrefrigerators

Appliances that chill food

freezers · ice boxes · coolers · cold storage · fridges

Phrases
Family

oven, microwave oven, Dutch oven, convection oven, ovenware, ovenlike, ovenbird, oven-ready, toaster oven

Familiarity
Top 10,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G