Meaning of bakeoven | Babel Free

Definitions

Noun. [B2]

Examples

“Mexican plowmen compelled to resume work⟳ immediately after dinner would die⟳ like⟳ the peons whom the Spanish conquerors forced to work⟳ the highways in the bakeoven heat of the tropical afternoon.”

“Many larger taverns maintained outdoor bakeovens.”

“Sweat⟳ is everywhere. Some comes from the bakeoven heat in the boxcar; some from the pain of throbbing wounds.”

“At Lae, when the plane door opened, the bakeoven heat of the tropics hit me.”

“Siena in the summer was a bakeoven, and he took heat badly, his disposition becoming as rough and sore as the rashes that mottled him horn head to toe.”

“But I can’t understand⟳ why you radio hams would choose⟳ a bakeoven like⟳ Death Valley for your weekend gig.”

“Marshal shivered slightly in response to the icy brush of unaccustomed fear, a momentary chill that quickly suffocated in the bakeoven heat.”

““I say⟳ he’s a murdering cutthroat,” fanfares the ostrich-plumed young champion of slavery for the benefit of the pre-lunch throng congregating in the bakeoven air outside Morrison’s Cafe & Groggery.”

“A cookstove/bakeoven combination in which the oven is a masonry combustion chamber. […] Bakeoven chambers are generally popular options for a masonry heater. […] There are, of course, masonry bakeovens that double⟳ as primary heaters.”

“Where fire danger was minimal, such as in the dry-climate pueblos of New Mexico, individual bakeovens predominated. […] In stone or brick summer kitchens, the privy in many cases will be seen snuggling up to the bakeoven to gain⟳ warmth in the winter season (Figure⟳ 21-3).”

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