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ovenlike

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ov⋅en

  [uhv-uhn]
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–noun
a chamber or compartment, as in a stove, for baking, roasting, heating, drying, etc.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE ofen; c. G Ofen, ON ofn

Related forms:
ov⋅en⋅like, adjective
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Word Origin & History

oven 
O.E. ofen "furnace, oven," from P.Gmc. *ukhnaz (cf. O.Fris., Du. oven, Ger. Ofen, O.N. ofn, O.Swed. oghn, Goth. auhns), from PIE *aukw- "cooking pot" (cf. Skt. ukhah "pot, cooking pot," L. aulla "pot," Gk. ipnos), originally, perhaps, "something hollowed out." The oven-bird (1825) so called because of the shape of its nest. In slang, of a woman, to have (something) in the oven "to be pregnant" is attested from 1962.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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