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oven [′əv·ən]
(engineering)
A heated enclosure for baking, heating, or drying.
(geology)
A rounded, saclike, chemically weathered pit or hollow in a rock (especially a granitic rock) which has an arched roof and resembles an oven.


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Having had a drink of vodka and something to eat, they were about to take tea, and the samovar standing on the floor beside the brick oven was already humming.
And once Gretel was inside, she intended to shut the oven and let her bake in it, and then she would eat her, too.
Only Malasha, Andrew's six-year-old granddaughter whom his Serene Highness had petted and to whom he had given a lump of sugar while drinking his tea, remained on the top of the brick oven in the larger room.
 
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