ovenableadj.
/ˈʌvn̩əb(ə)l/, /ˈʌvənəb(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈəvənəb(ə)l/ Of food and food containers: suitable for cooking or heating in an oven, esp. a conventional oven.Frequently opposed to microwaveable.
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1977 Business Week 21 Nov. 102 Mrs. Paul's Kitchens Inc. markets crepes in a package that..uses the ‘ovenable’ paperboard as an outer package and instructs the consumer to put the whole thing directly in the oven.
1985 Listener 5 Sept. 12/2 He had been offered..‘ovenable’ and ‘microwavable’ frozen dishes.
2000 Jrnl. (Newcastle) (Electronic ed.) 31 May They liked our ovenable lids which are both tamper-evident and easy-peel.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1977- to lay about one
- to lay abroad
- to lay adown
- to lay all in the dirt
- to lay all one's irons in the fire
- to lay along
- to lay an ambush
- to lay an egg
- to lay an eyeball on
- to lay an information
- to lay any one on his back
- to lay apart
- to lay aside
- to lay aside the tomahawk
- to lay asunning
- to lay at
- to lay at anchor
- to lay at or to door
- to lay at or to his door
- to lay athwart the hawse
- to lay away
- to lay back
- to lay bare
- to lay battery to
- to lay battery, blockade to