MICROWAVE OVEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does microwave oven mean? 

• MICROWAVE OVEN (noun)
  The noun MICROWAVE OVEN has 1 sense:

1. kitchen appliance that cooks food by passing an electromagnetic wave through it; heat results from the absorption of energy by the water molecules in the food

  Familiarity information: MICROWAVE OVEN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MICROWAVE OVEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Kitchen appliance that cooks food by passing an electromagnetic wave through it; heat results from the absorption of energy by the water molecules in the food

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

microwave; microwave oven

Hypernyms ("microwave oven" is a kind of...):

kitchen appliance (a home appliance used in preparing food)