the word ‘oven’ means a device used for baking or heating food.
oven :
a kitchen appliance used for baking or cooking food
noun
▪ I put the bread in the oven.
▪ I placed the bread in the baking machine.
▪ The oven needs to be preheated.
▪ The baking machine needs to be preheated.
paraphrasing
▪ stove – oven
▪ furnace – heating chamber
Pronunciation
oven [ˈʌv.ən]
The stress is on the first syllable 'ov' and sounds like 'uhv-uhn'.
Common phrases and grammar about oven
oven - Common meaning
noun
a kitchen appliance used for baking or cooking food
Part of Speech Changes for "oven"
▪ The word 'oven' does not have common derivatives.
Common Expressions with "oven"
▪ preheat the oven – heat the oven before baking
▪ set the oven temperature – adjust the heat level of the oven
▪ clean the oven – make the oven clean
▪ oven door – the door of the oven
Important examples of oven in TOEIC
Vocabulary examples from the TOEIC test
In TOEIC vocabulary questions, oven is used as a noun referring to a kitchen appliance for baking or heating food.
▪The restaurant installed a new oven to improve their baking process.
▪The restaurant put in a new kitchen appliance to bake food better.
Example of a confusing word: stove (a cooking appliance)
▪The restaurant installed a new stove to improve their baking process.
▪The restaurant put in a new cooking appliance to cook food better.
"Oven" refers specifically to an enclosed compartment for baking or heating food, and it is correctly used in the context of improving the baking process. "Stove," on the other hand, refers to a cooking appliance that typically includes burners or a cooktop for heating pots and pans. While both are kitchen appliances, using "stove" in the context of improving a baking process is misleading because baking primarily occurs in an oven. Thus, "oven" is the correct choice here.
Grammar examples from the TOEIC test
In TOEIC grammar questions, oven is used as a singular or plural noun and may require correct article usage.
▪She uses an oven to bake cakes.
▪She uses a kitchen appliance to bake cakes.
oven
Idioms and fixed expressions in TOEIC
Differences between similar words and oven
oven
,
stove
differences
oven is used for baking or roasting, while stove refers to the entire cooking unit including burners.
oven
▪She baked the bread in the oven.
▪She baked the bread using the stove.
stove
▪He turned on the stove to boil water.
▪He turned on the oven to boil water.
oven
,
microwave
differences
oven is used for baking or roasting large quantities or for baking, while microwave is used for quickly heating or cooking smaller items.
