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MYKR-uh-wayv/ˈmaɪkrəweɪv/

A microwave is a kitchen machine that heats food very quickly. Countable: a microwave, microwaves; heat it in the microwave. An oven is a closed box that bakes and takes longer; a grill heats from above. Do not put metal in a microwave. One word: microwave.

Meaning

A kitchen machine that heats food very quickly.

Examples

• “Heat the soup in the microwave.”
• “The microwave pinged — lunch is ready.”
• “Do not put foil in the microwave.”

Good to know

a microwave (quick heat). Contrast: oven (bakes, slower), grill (from above). No metal.

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