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- [mahy-kroh-weyv]
- /ˈmaɪ kroʊˌweɪv/
- /ˈmaɪ.krə.weɪv/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [mahy-kroh-weyv]
- /ˈmaɪ kroʊˌweɪv/
Definitions of microwave word
- noun microwave an electromagnetic wave of extremely high frequency, 1 GH 3 or more, and having wavelengths of from 1 mm to 30 cm. 1
- noun microwave microwave oven. 1
- verb without object microwave to use a microwave oven. 1
- verb with object microwave to cook, defrost, or otherwise prepare in a microwave oven. 1
- noun microwave An electromagnetic wave with a wavelength in the range 0.001-0.3 m, shorter than that of a normal radio wave but longer than those of infrared radiation. Microwaves are used in radar, in communications, and for heating in microwave ovens and in various industrial processes. 1
- transitive verb microwave cook in a microwave oven 1
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Origin of microwave
First appearance:
before 1930 One of the 10% newest English words
First recorded in 1930-35; micro- + wave
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Microwave
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
microwave popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
microwave usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for microwave
verb microwave
- bake — If you bake, you spend some time preparing and mixing together ingredients to make bread, cakes, pies, or other food which is cooked in the oven.
- zap — to kill or shoot.
- heat — the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- nuke — a nuclear or thermonuclear weapon.
- melt — to become liquefied by warmth or heat, as ice, snow, butter, or metal.
noun microwave
- stove — one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces of wood that form the sides of a cask, tub, or similar vessel.
- roaster — roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- tandoor — a cylindrical clay oven, fired to a high heat by wood or charcoal, in which foods, especially meats, are cooked and bread is baked.
- tandoori — baked or cooked in a tandoor: tandoori chicken.
- microwave oven — an electrically operated oven using high-frequency electromagnetic waves that penetrate food, causing its molecules to vibrate and generating heat within the food to cook it in a very short time.
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