convection oven

Meaning

1. 1nouncountable

   An oven with a fan that blows hot air around the food, so it cooks more evenly and often faster.

   Grammar: Countable: a convection oven, two convection ovens.

   Patterns

   • cook something in a convection oven
   • a convection oven setting

   The cookies browned evenly because we baked them in a convection oven.

   A convection oven usually roasts a chicken faster than a standard one.

   She bought a convection oven with a built-in air fryer mode.

Word forms

Common combinations

preheat a convection oven

Preheat the convection oven to 350 degrees before you add the tray.

bake in a convection oven

Pastries bake especially well in a convection oven.

convection oven setting

Turn the dial to the convection oven setting for crisp edges.

countertop convection oven

They cook most meals in a small countertop convection oven.

cook times in a convection oven

Cook times in a convection oven are often about a quarter shorter.

Synonyms and how they differ

fan oven

This is the common British name for the same appliance and sounds more everyday than the technical convection oven.

air fryer

An air fryer is a much smaller, more intense version of the same idea and is mainly used for crisping.

conventional oven

This is the opposite type, which heats without a fan, so air stays still and cooking is slower.

Opposites

Word family

convection noun

heat movement through a flowing liquid or gas

convective adjective

relating to convection

oven noun

an enclosed box for baking and roasting

Commonly confused: convection oven or microwave oven?

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