Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Source : WordNet®

oven
     n : kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting