Hypertext Webster Gateway: "OVEN"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Oven
Heb. tannur, (Hos. 7:4). In towns there appear to have been
public ovens. There was a street in Jerusalem (Jer. 37:21)
called "bakers' street" (the only case in which the name of a
street in Jerusalem is preserved). The words "tower of the
furnaces" (Neh. 3:11; 12:38) is more properly "tower of the
ovens" (Heb. tannurim). These resemble the ovens in use among
ourselves.
There were other private ovens of different kinds. Some were
like large jars made of earthenware or copper, which were heated
inside with wood (1 Kings 17:12; Isa. 44:15; Jer. 7:18) or grass
(Matt. 6:30), and when the fire had burned out, small pieces of
dough were placed inside or spread in thin layers on the
outside, and were thus baked. (See {FURNACE}.)
Pits were also formed for the same purposes, and lined with
cement. These were used after the same manner.
Heated stones, or sand heated by a fire heaped over it, and
also flat irons pans, all served as ovens for the preparation of
bread. (See Gen. 18:6; 1 Kings 19:6.)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Oven \Ov"en\, n. [AS. ofen; akin to D. oven, OHG. ofan, ovan, G.
ofen, Icel. ofn, Dan. ovn, Sw. ugn, Goth. a['u]hns, Gr. ?,
Skr. ukh[=a] pot.]
A place arched over with brick or stonework, and used for
baking, heating, or drying; hence, any structure, whether
fixed or portable, which may be heated for baking, drying,
etc.; esp., now, a chamber in a stove, used for baking or
roasting.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
oven
n : kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting
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