oven is on the Basic English 850 List. out - oven - over Pronunciation (US) (UK) IPA (key): /ˈʌ.vn̩/ or /ˈʌv.ən/ Audio (US)(file) Noun Singular oven Plural ovens (countable) An oven is for cooking food. It's hot and people put food inside it. Leave the cake in the oven for thirty minutes. Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.Remove ads