Microwavery

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Cooking with a microwave oven. informal, uncountable

    "The kitchen was a masterpiece of modern microwavery, the brushed stainless steel of the implements and the shiny beige plastic counters unadorned and unabashed, poised to challenge McDonald's or Burger King […]"

Example

More examples

"The kitchen was a masterpiece of modern microwavery, the brushed stainless steel of the implements and the shiny beige plastic counters unadorned and unabashed, poised to challenge McDonald's or Burger King […]"

Etymology

From microwave + -ery.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.