oven
enclosed chamber for heating other objects, often used to prepare food, finish ceramics, and purify substances
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Summary
oven ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,586 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: major appliance[2], heating equipment[3]
- Has use: baking[4], grilling[5], frying[6], burning[7]
- Commons category: Ovens[8]
- Start time: -29000-00-00T00:00:00Z[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Ovens[10]
- OpenStreetMap tag: amenity=baking_oven[11]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[12], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 11[14], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], Pauly–Wissowa[17]
- Topic has template: Template:Oven[18]
- Used by: pizzaiolo[19]
- Different from: stove[20], kitchen stove[21], central heating unit[22]
- MCN code: 8516.60.00[23]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24]
Why It Matters
oven has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] oven is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]