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Definition of oven noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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oven

noun
oven pronunciation English ˈʌvn oven pronunciation American ˈʌvn
 
the part of a cooker/stove shaped like a box with a door on the front, in which food is cooked or heated
Take the cake out of the oven.a gas/an electric ovena cool/hot/moderate ovenOpen a window, it's like an oven in here! compare microwave
Idioms
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have a bun in the oven at bun