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 Definitions of Microwave  [ˈmaɪ kroʊˌweɪv]  

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Definition of 'Microwave' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) microwave
an electromagnetic wave of extremely high frequency, 1 GHz or more, and having wavelengths of from 1 mm to 30 cm.

2. (v.t.) microwave
to cook or heat in a microwave oven.

Etymology:  (1930–35)

Definition of 'Microwave' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) microwave
a short electromagnetic wave (longer than infrared but shorter than radio waves); used for radar and microwave ovens and for transmitting telephone, facsimile, video and data

2. (verb) microwave, microwave oven
kitchen appliance that cooks food by passing an electromagnetic wave through it; heat results from the absorption of energy by the water molecules in the food

3. (verb) microwave, micro-cook, zap, nuke
cook or heat in a microwave oven
"You can microwave the leftovers"


Definition of 'Microwave' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) microwave
to cook sth in a microwave oven
I don't like to microwave meat.


Translation of 'Microwave' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (alsomicrowave oven) an oven that heats or cooks food very quickly using electromagnetic waves.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: mikrogolf Arabic flag Arabic: مِكروويف: فُرن يَعْمَل با Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: микровълнова фурна
Brazilian flag Brazilian: micro-ondas Czech flag Czech: mikrovlnná trouba German flag German: die Microwelle, der Mikro
Danish flag Danish: mikrobølgeovn Greek flag Greek: φούρνος μικροκυμάτων Spanish flag Spanish: microondas
Estonian flag Estonian: mikrolaineahi Farsi flag Farsi: میکرو ویو Finnish flag Finnish: mikroaaltouuni
French flag French: (fourà) micro–ondes Hebrew flag Hebrew: מִיקרוֹגַל Hindi flag Hindi: सूक्ष्म तरंग
Croatian flag Croatian: mikrovalna pećnica Hungarian flag Hungarian: mikrosütő Indonesian flag Indonesian: oven gelombang mikro
Italian flag Italian: (forno a) microonde Japanese flag Japanese: 電子レンジ Korean flag Korean: 전자 레인지
Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: mikrobangų krosnelė Latvian flag Latvian: mikroviļņu krāsns Malay flag Malay: gelombang mikro
Dutch flag Dutch: magnetron(oven) Norwegian flag Norwegian: mikrobølge(ovn) Polish flag Polish: kuchenka mikrofalowa
Persian flag Persian: میکرو ویو Pashto flag Pashto: داښ، مايكرو وف Russian flag Russian: микроволновая печь
Slovak flag Slovak: mikrovlnná rúra Slovenian flag Slovenian: mikrovalovna pečica Serbian flag Serbian: mikrotalasna pećnica
Swedish flag Swedish: mikrovågsugn Thai flag Thai: เตาอบไมโครเวฟ Turkish flag Turkish: mikrodalga fırın
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 微波 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: мікрохвильова піч Urdu flag Urdu: برقناطیسی لہر
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: vi sóng Chinese flag Chinese: 微波

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