a compartment or receptacle for baking or roasting food or for heating or drying things
Origin:
ME < OE ofen, akin to Ger < IE base *auqw-, cooking vessel > L aulla, olla
See oven in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
A chamber or enclosed compartment for heating, baking, or roasting food, as in a stove, or for firing, baking, hardening, or drying objects, as in a kiln.