Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Please take the pizza out of the oven.
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When cold bits of butter in cut biscuits hit a hot oven, the butter quickly turns to steam, creating little air pockets that push the dough upward and form those irresistible, flaky layers.—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2025 Oven: Run the oven’s self-clean every six months or when spills happen.—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025 The oven fits compactly on your countertop but can still hold a nine-inch pizza or four slices of bread.—Christopher Murray
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025 And for those biscuit-making mornings on the back porch, these dutch ovens deliver every time.—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for oven
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Old English ofen; akin to Old High German ofan oven and perhaps to Greek ipnos oven
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of oven was
before the 12th century
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