OVEN

[noun] [C] - an enclosed space with a door, usually part of a piece of equipment which is used to cook food or heat other substancesa conventional/gas/fan-assisted/microwave ovenPut the turkey in the oven now at about 200°C and take it out at one o'clock.Calcutta in summer is like an oven (= extremely and uncomfortably hot).See picture: Kitchen(UK) Oven gloves /(US and ANZ) oven mitts are thick cloth coverings for the hands which you can use for taking hot things out of an oven.If food is oven-ready it is sold already prepared for cooking.an oven-ready chicken