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microwave

Microwave is defined as the part of the electromagnetic spectrum with large infrared waves and short radio waves, an oven that cooks food very quickly or made to cook in one of these ovens.

(adjective)

An example of microwave is a type of cooking that uses energy waves to cook food; microwave cooking.
An example of microwave is frozen foods that are made to cook very quickly; microwave food.

Microwave means to cook in a very quick cooking oven that uses microwaves.

(verb)

An example of microwave is cooking popcorn in a quick cooking oven that uses microwaves.

The definition of a microwave is a very quick cooking oven.

(noun)

An example of a microwave is a built in oven with dials that pops popcorn in less than four minutes.

See microwave in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

designating or of that part of the electromagnetic spectrum associated with the larger infrared waves and the shorter radio waves: used for radar, communications, etc. and generally regarded as from 300,000 to 300 megahertz
designating an oven that cooks quickly by causing microwaves to penetrate the food, generating internal heat
designed, packaged, etc. for cooking in a microwave oven: microwave cookware, microwave popcorn

transitive verb microwaved, microwaving

to cook in a microwave oven

noun