- oven-ready
- ,oven-`ready adjectiveoven-ready food is already prepared, so that you only have to heat it in the oven before you eat it
Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.
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oven-ready — adj BrE oven ready food is already prepared when you buy it, so you only have to cook it ▪ a five pound oven ready turkey … Dictionary of contemporary English
oven-ready — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of food) sold as a prepared dish, ready for cooking in an oven … English terms dictionary
oven-ready — adjective prepared before sale and ready to be cooked • Similar to: ↑prepared * * * adj, always used before a noun : able to be cooked in an oven with no additional preparation an oven ready chicken * * * ˌoven ˈready [oven ready] … Useful english dictionary
oven-ready — UK / US adjective oven ready food is already prepared, so that you only have to heat it in the oven before you eat it … English dictionary
oven-ready — adj. Oven ready is used with these nouns: ↑chip … Collocations dictionary
oven-ready — adjective oven ready food is already prepared when you buy it, so you only have to cook it … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
oven-ready — adjective (of food) prepared before sale for cooking in an oven … English new terms dictionary
oven-ready — ov′en read′y adj. coo (of food) completely prepared and ready for baking … From formal English to slang
oven — n. 1 an enclosed compartment of brick, stone, or metal for cooking food. 2 a chamber for heating or drying. 3 a small furnace or kiln used in chemistry, metallurgy, etc. Phrases and idioms: oven ready (of food) prepared before sale so as to be… … Useful english dictionary
ready-made — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. ready to wear, prefabricated, ready built, oven ready, instant, precooked; unoriginal, cut and dried, derivative. See preparation, production. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Prepared] Syn. instant,… … English dictionary for students
