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microwave [noun]
US /ˈmaɪ.kroʊ.weɪv/ 
UK /ˈmaɪ.krə.weɪv/ 
Example: 

I cook my food in a microwave.

Oxford Essential Dictionary

microwave

 (also microwave oven ) noun
a type of oven that cooks or heats food very quickly using electric waves

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

microwave

I.   noun

I. microwave1 /ˈmaɪkrəweɪv/ noun [countable]

 1. (also ˌmicrowave ˈoven) a type of oven that cooks food very quickly using very short electric waves instead of heat:
   • I’ll heat it up in the microwave.
 2. a very short electric wave that is used in cooking food and sending messages by radio, and in radar
     • • •

THESAURUS■ ways of cooking something

   ▪ bake to cook things such as bread or cakes in an oven: • Tom baked a cake for my birthday.
   ▪ roast to cook meat or vegetables in an oven: • Roast the potatoes for an hour.
   ▪ fry to cook food in hot oil: • She was frying some mushrooms.
   ▪ stir-fry to fry small pieces of food while moving them around continuously: • stir-fried tofu and bean sprouts
   ▪ sauté /ˈsəʊteɪ $ soʊˈteɪ/ to fry vegetables for a short time in a small amount of butter or oil: • Sauté the potatoes in butter.
   ▪ grill to cook food over or under strong heat: • grilled fish
   ▪ broil American English to cook food under heat: • broiled fish
   ▪ boil to cook something in very hot water: • He doesn’t even know how to boil an egg. | • English people seem to love boiled vegetables.
   ▪ steam to cook vegetables over hot water: • Steam the rice for 15 minutes.
   ▪ poach to cook food, especially fish or eggs, slowly in hot water: • poached salmon
   ▪ toast to cook the outside surfaces of bread: • toasted muffins
   ▪ barbecue to cook food on a metal frame over a fire outdoors: • I thought we could barbecue some mackerel.
   ▪ microwave to cook food in a microwave oven: • The beans can be microwaved.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

microwave

micro·wave [microwave microwaves microwaved microwaving] noun, verb   [ˈmaɪkrəweɪv]    [ˈmaɪkrəweɪv] 

noun

1. (also formal ˌmicrowave ˈoven) a type of oven that cooks or heats food very quickly using electromagnetic waves rather than heat

• Reheat the soup in the microwave.

microwave cookery/meals

compare  oven

2. (technical) an electromagnetic wave that is shorter than a radio wave but longer than a light wave

 

Example Bank:

• I took my lunch out of the microwave.

• Your dinner's in the microwave.

• He lives on a diet of fast food and microwave meals.

• This product is unsuitable for cooking in microwave ovens.

• You can always reheat the soup in the microwave.

Derived Word: microwaveable 

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

microwave / ˈmaɪ.krə.weɪv /   / -kroʊ- / noun [ C ]

( also microwave oven ) an electric oven that uses waves of energy to cook or heat food quickly:

Put the fish in the microwave and it'll only take five minutes.

a very short electromagnetic wave used for cooking food or for sending information by radio or radar

microwave verb [ T ]

to cook something in a microwave:

Shall I microwave something for dinner?

microwaveable ( US microwavable ) / -weɪ.və.bl̩ / adjective

microwaveable frozen chips

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Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

microwave

/maɪkroʊweɪv/
(microwaves, microwaving, microwaved)

1.
A microwave or a microwave oven is an oven which cooks food very quickly by electromagnetic radiation rather than by heat.
N-COUNT

2.
To microwave food or drink means to cook or heat it in a microwave oven.
Steam or microwave the vegetables until tender.
VERB: V n

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

1mi·cro·wave /ˈmaɪkroʊˌweɪv/ noun, pl -waves [count]
1 : microwave oven
• The apartment came with a microwave.
- often used before another noun
microwave cooking [=cooking using a microwave oven]
microwave [=microwavable] popcorn
• a microwave dinner
2 physics : a very short wave of electromagnetic energy
• antennas for detecting microwaves
microwave radiation