Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Noun: microwave oven
  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
    - microwave

Derived forms: microwave ovens

Type of: kitchen appliance

Encyclopedia: Microwave oven

Nearest

Microtus ochrogaster
Microtus pennsylvaticus
Microtus richardsoni
microvasculature
microvolt
microwavable
microwave
microwave bomb
microwave diathermy machine
microwave linear accelerator
microwave oven
microwave radar
microwave spectroscopy
microwave spectrum
microwaveable
Microzide
Micruroides
Micruroides euryxanthus
Micrurus
Micrurus fulvius
micturate