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UVNGL-uv/ˈʌvn ɡlʌv/

An oven glove (id: oven-glove) is a thick glove for holding hot dishes from an oven (UK; also oven gloves as a pair). A tea towel is for drying; a mitt is a close twin. Food tech: use the oven glove; a tea towel is not heatproof kit.

Meaning

A thick glove for holding hot dishes from an oven (UK).

Examples

• “Use the oven glove in food tech; a tea towel is not heatproof kit.”
• “Oven gloves hang on the named hook; using a wet one still conducts heat — that is a burn in the accident book.”

Good to know

an oven glove; oven gloves. Close: an oven mitt. Contrast: a tea towel. Food tech. Countable. Mix-up: a glove for winter is not heatproof; an oven glove is for hot dishes.

Near in meaning

oven mitt

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