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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Yes, just consider the seismic impact of the microwave oven.
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Patrick Lin, Professor Of Philosophy, Discover Magazine, 6 Sep. 2024
Just consider the seismic impact of the microwave oven.
—Patrick Lin, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2024
Behind the dark heap is a chair in a strange position, perpendicular to a table on which sits a large microwave oven, as if someone had been listening to it, with an ear pressed against it, like a radio.
—Annie Ernaux, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
The boaters found what was later determined to be 56 pounds of cocaine wrapped in a package about the size of a microwave oven.
—Ashley R. Williams, CNN, 18 Aug. 2024
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Patrick Lin, Professor Of Philosophy, Discover Magazine, 6 Sep. 2024
Just consider the seismic impact of the microwave oven.
—Patrick Lin, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2024
Behind the dark heap is a chair in a strange position, perpendicular to a table on which sits a large microwave oven, as if someone had been listening to it, with an ear pressed against it, like a radio.
—Annie Ernaux, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
The boaters found what was later determined to be 56 pounds of cocaine wrapped in a package about the size of a microwave oven.
—Ashley R. Williams, CNN, 18 Aug. 2024
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“Microwave oven.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/microwave%20oven. Accessed 23 Sep. 2024.
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