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Oven

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

/ˈʌvən/nounCore term

In culinary arts & cooking, oven means: An enclosed, heated box used for baking, roasting and keeping food warm. Professional kitchens use deck, convection and combi ovens.

In Turkish: fırın

How it is used

You preheat, turn on, turn down or open the oven, and put food in or take it out of the oven. A fan oven (UK) or convection oven (US) blows hot air and cooks faster, so recipes may give a lower temperature for it.

Example sentences

  1. Preheat the oven to 200°C before you start the potatoes.

  2. The bread comes out of the oven at seven every morning.

Common collocations

  • preheat the oven
  • in the oven
  • fan oven
  • convection oven
  • oven temperature
  • combi ovenA professional oven that can cook with dry hot air, steam or a combination of both, often with programmes and a core temperature probe.
  • preheatTo heat an oven, grill or pan to the required temperature before you put the food in.
  • bakeTo cook food with dry heat in an oven, especially bread, cakes, pastry, biscuits and dishes covered with a crust or sauce.
  • roastTo cook meat, poultry or vegetables with dry heat in an oven, usually at a fairly high temperature so the outside browns. As a noun, a roast is a joint of meat cooked this way.

More terms: Kitchen Equipment

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