ovens

5 definitions • 4 examples

an electric oven that uses waves of energy to cook or heat food quickly:

Put the fish in the microwave and it'll only take five minutes.

a very short electromagnetic wave used for cooking food or for sending information by radio or radar

to cook something in a microwave:

Shall I microwave something for dinner?

I microwaved the sauce for 30 seconds so it was hot when poured over the fish.

a very short, very fast wave of electromagnetic energy that causes heat in atoms of water and some other substances

A microwave or microwave oven is a machine that cooks food quickly using microwaves:

Heat up the leftover pizza in the microwave.