oven — meaning in English

English meaning

• furnace noun A heating device used to melt metal, fire ceramics, or heat a building.
• kiln noun A heated chamber or oven used to bake, dry, or harden materials — used for firing pottery, drying grain or timber, or curing tobacco.
• oven noun An enclosed chamber used for baking, roasting, or heating food.
• stove noun An appliance used for cooking food, usually with hotplates or burners.

Senses

oven is used for these senses in English:

• kiln An oven or furnace or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, calcining or drying anything; for example, firing ceramics, curing or preserving tobacco, or drying grain.
• oven A chamber used for baking or heating.
• stove (dated) A house or room artificially warmed or heated.

furnace — full definition

1. noun A heating device used to melt metal, fire ceramics, or heat a building.
2. noun Any place or situation that is extremely hot.

kiln — full definition

1. noun A heated chamber or oven used to bake, dry, or harden materials — used for firing pottery, drying grain or timber, or curing tobacco.
2. verb To dry or harden something by baking it in a kiln.

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