oven

Etymology

From Middle English oven, from Old English ofn, from Proto-West Germanic *ofn, from Proto-Germanic *uhnaz, *uhwnaz (compare Dutch oven, Low German Aven, West Frisian ûne, German Ofen, Danish ovn, Norwegian Bokmål ovn, Norwegian Nynorsk omn, Swedish ugn, Icelandic ofn, Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌽𐍃 (auhns), probably from a Proto-Indo-European *aukw- (“cooking pot”), *Hukʷ-, *ukwnos (compare Sanskrit उखा (ukhā), Albanian anë, Latin aulla, olla, Ancient Greek ἰπνός (ipnós)).

noun

  1. A chamber used for baking or heating.
  2. (colloquial) A very hot place.
    The ballroom that evening was an absolute oven. I probably perspired more dancing then during the afternoon ballgame. 2011, Vern Shutz, Memoirs of a Left Hander, page 96

verb

  1. (transitive, colloquial, informal) To cook in an oven
    I'm gonna oven the pie for about 30 minutes, mate.

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