microwave oven
noun
: an oven in which food is cooked by the heat produced by the absorption of microwave energy by water molecules in the food
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The arriving crew places a white box about the size of a microwave oven that contains the pig's two kidneys on a wheelchair and rushes it to the operating room.
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Rob Stein, NPR, 17 Dec. 2024
New research finds that microwave ovens are hosts to their own distinct communities of microbes, whether in home kitchens or office spaces.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Aug. 2024
Try this eco-friendly cleaner, $3.94 at Walmart, formulated to get your microwave oven clean.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 2 Nov. 2023
The spacecraft, about the size of a microwave oven, unfurled its sail—which billowed out to 860 square feet—in late August.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
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Rob Stein, NPR, 17 Dec. 2024
New research finds that microwave ovens are hosts to their own distinct communities of microbes, whether in home kitchens or office spaces.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Aug. 2024
Try this eco-friendly cleaner, $3.94 at Walmart, formulated to get your microwave oven clean.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 2 Nov. 2023
The spacecraft, about the size of a microwave oven, unfurled its sail—which billowed out to 860 square feet—in late August.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Microwave oven.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/microwave%20oven. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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