word-vault/dist/data/cards/ov/oven.json

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{
    "term": "oven",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "image": "data/images/ki/kitchen.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the part of a cooker that is like a box with a door on the front, in which food is cooked or heated",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Take the cake out of the oven."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Bake in a **preheated oven** for 15–20 minutes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a gas/an electric oven"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a cool/hot/moderate oven"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Open a window, it's **like an oven** in here!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Use **oven mitts** to move hot food."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Bake them in a warm oven until risen and golden brown."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Preheat the oven to 190°C."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Tandoori food is cooked in a clay oven."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Cooking and eating"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["electric", "gas", "microwave"],
                "verb + oven": ["turn on", "heat", "preheat"],
                "oven + verb": ["heat", "heat up", "cool"],
                "oven + noun": ["dish", "glove", "mitt"],
                "preposition": ["in an/​the oven"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be pregnant",
            "labels": "(informal, humorous)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈʌvn/",
                "audio": "ov/oven/oven__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈʌvn/",
                "audio": "ov/oven/oven__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English ofen, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch oven, German Ofen, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek ipnos."
}