Definition

1. Noun:
   • A domestic oven fueled by gas: An enclosed compartment, typically part of a kitchen stove or range, used for baking, roasting, or heating food, which uses natural gas or propane as its energy source for combustion and heat generation.
   • A cremation chamber fueled by gas: A furnace used for the incineration of human or animal remains, which utilizes gas as its primary fuel to generate the necessary high temperatures.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Domestic Appliance):

  • She preheated the gas oven to 350 degrees before baking the bread.
  • Modern gas ovens often include an electric ignition for safety and convenience.

• Noun (Cremation Chamber):

  • The funeral home installed a new, more efficient gas oven.
  • The process in the gas oven is closely monitored to ensure proper cremation.

Advanced Usage

• Technical Context: In industrial settings, a "gas oven" can refer to any large, gas-fired heating chamber used for processes like drying, curing, or heat treatment in manufacturing.
  • The ceramics are fired in a large industrial gas oven.

Variants and Related Words

• Gas range (n): A cooking appliance that combines a gas oven with gas burners on the cooktop.
• Electric oven (n): An oven that uses electric heating elements instead of gas.
• Oven (n): The general term for an enclosed heating chamber.

Synonyms

• Gas-fired oven: A more technical synonym emphasizing the fuel source.
• Gas stove (when referring to a unit containing an oven): Often used interchangeably in casual conversation, though "stove" can refer more specifically to the cooktop.

Related Phrases

• To turn on the gas oven: To activate the oven's gas supply and ignition.
  • Remember to turn on the gas oven about 20 minutes before you need it.
• Gas oven safe: A designation for cookware that can withstand the heat and conditions inside a gas oven.
  • Make sure your baking dish is gas oven safe.

Noun

1. a domestic oven fueled by gas
2. a cremation chamber fueled by gas