It is about time we bought a new microwave oven.
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Microwave
//ˈmaɪkɹəˌweɪv//
Synonyms for "microwave" (13 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (3)
Strong matches (4)
Verb(2 words)
Related words (6)
Noun(2 words)
Related word relations
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7 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesat location
2 entriescapable of
4 entriescoordinate
4 entriesderived
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
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1 entriesholonym
1 entriesis a
5 entriesmanner of
1 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriesused for
3 entriesTranslations
106 translations across 73 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- mikrogolf noun (electromagnetic wave)
Albanian
1 entries- mikrovalë noun (electromagnetic wave)
Arabic
4 entries- مَوْجَة الْمَيْكْرُووِيف noun (electromagnetic wave)
- مَوْجَة دَقِيقَة noun (electromagnetic wave)
- مَوْجَة صِغْرِيَّة noun (electromagnetic wave)
- مَوْجَة مَيْكْرُوِيَّة noun (electromagnetic wave)
Armenian
1 entries- միկրոալիք noun (electromagnetic wave)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- mikrodalga noun (electromagnetic wave)
Basque
1 entries- mikrouhin noun (electromagnetic wave)
Belarusian
1 entries- мікрахва́ля noun (electromagnetic wave)
Bengali
2 entries- অণুতরঙ্গ noun (electromagnetic wave)
- মাইক্রোওয়েভ noun (electromagnetic wave)
Bulgarian
2 entries- микровълна́ noun (electromagnetic wave)
- микровълнова noun (ellipsis of microwave oven — see also microwave oven)
Burmese
1 entries- မိုက်ခရိုဝေ့ noun (electromagnetic wave)
Catalan
1 entries- microona noun (electromagnetic wave)
Chinese Cantonese
3 entries- 叮 verb (cook in a microwave oven)
- 叮熱 /叮热 verb (cook in a microwave oven)
- 咪 verb (cook in a microwave oven)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 微波 noun (electromagnetic wave)
- 微波加熱 /微波加热 verb (cook in a microwave oven)
Cornish
1 entries- korrdon noun (electromagnetic wave)
Czech
1 entries- mikrovlna noun (electromagnetic wave)
Danish
1 entries- mikrobølge noun (electromagnetic wave)
Dutch
1 entries- microgolf noun (electromagnetic wave)
Esperanto
1 entries- mikroondo noun (electromagnetic wave)
Estonian
1 entries- mikrolaine noun (electromagnetic wave)
Finnish
2 entries- mikroaalto noun (electromagnetic wave)
- valmistaa mikrossa verb (cook in a microwave oven)
French
2 entries- micro-onde noun (electromagnetic wave)
- micro-onder verb (cook in a microwave oven)
Georgian
1 entries- მიკროტალღა noun (electromagnetic wave)
German
2 entries- Mikrowelle noun (electromagnetic wave)
- but see in der Mikrowelle aufwärmen verb (cook in a microwave oven)
Greek
1 entries- μικροκύμα noun (electromagnetic wave)
Hebrew
1 entries- מִיקְרוֹגַל noun (electromagnetic wave)
Hindi
2 entries- माइक्रोवेव noun (electromagnetic wave)
- सूक्ष्मतरंग noun (electromagnetic wave)
Hungarian
1 entries- mikrohullám noun (electromagnetic wave)
Icelandic
1 entries- örbylgja noun (electromagnetic wave)
Ido
1 entries- mikro-ondi noun (electromagnetic wave)
Indonesian
1 entries- gelombang mikro noun (electromagnetic wave)
Iranian Persian
3 entries- ریزْمُوْج noun (electromagnetic wave)
- مایْکْرووِیْو noun (electromagnetic wave)
- کِهْمُوْج noun (electromagnetic wave)
Irish
1 entries- micreathonn noun (electromagnetic wave)
Italian
2 entries- microonda noun (electromagnetic wave)
- microondare verb (cook in a microwave oven)
Japanese
3 entries- マイクロウェーブ noun (electromagnetic wave)
- マイクロ波 noun (electromagnetic wave)
- チンする verb (cook in a microwave oven)
Kazakh
1 entries- микротолқын noun (electromagnetic wave)
Khmer
1 entries- រលកខ្លីហួសកំរិត noun (electromagnetic wave)
Korean
1 entries- 마이크로파 noun (electromagnetic wave)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- микротолкун noun (electromagnetic wave)
Lao
1 entries- ຈຸນລະຄື້ນ noun (electromagnetic wave)
Latvian
1 entries- mikrovilnis noun (electromagnetic wave)
Lithuanian
1 entries- mikrobanga noun (electromagnetic wave)
Macedonian
1 entries- ми́кробран noun (electromagnetic wave)
Malay
2 entries- gelombang mikro noun (electromagnetic wave)
- mikrogelombang noun (electromagnetic wave)
Manx
1 entries- meegra-honn noun (electromagnetic wave)
Mongolian
1 entries- бичил долгион noun (electromagnetic wave)
Norman
3 entries- micro-louême noun (electromagnetic wave)
- micro-onde noun (electromagnetic wave)
- micro-louêmer verb (cook in a microwave oven)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- mikrobølge noun (electromagnetic wave)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- mikrobylgje noun (electromagnetic wave)
- mikrobølgje noun (electromagnetic wave)
Occitan
1 entries- microonda noun (electromagnetic wave)
Polish
1 entries- mikrofala noun (electromagnetic wave)
Portuguese
1 entries- micro-onda noun (electromagnetic wave)
Romanian
1 entries- microundă noun (electromagnetic wave)
Russian
2 entries- микроволна́ noun (electromagnetic wave)
- гото́вить в микроволно́вой печи́ verb (cook in a microwave oven)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- meanbh-thonn noun (electromagnetic wave)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- mikrotalas noun (electromagnetic wave)
- mikroval noun (electromagnetic wave)
- микровал noun (electromagnetic wave)
- микроталас noun (electromagnetic wave)
Slovak
1 entries- mikrovlna noun (electromagnetic wave)
Slovene
1 entries- mikroval noun (electromagnetic wave)
Spanish
2 entries- microonda noun (electromagnetic wave)
- microondear verb (cook in a microwave oven)
Sundanese
1 entries- ᮌᮨᮜᮧᮙ᮪ᮘᮀ ᮙᮤᮊᮢᮧ noun (electromagnetic wave)
Swedish
3 entries- mikrovåg noun (electromagnetic wave)
- mikra verb (cook in a microwave oven)
- värma verb (cook in a microwave oven)
Tagalog
1 entries- mikliboy noun (electromagnetic wave)
Tajik
2 entries- майкровейв noun (electromagnetic wave)
- микромавҷ noun (electromagnetic wave)
Tatar
1 entries- микродулкын noun (electromagnetic wave)
Telugu
1 entries- సూక్ష్మతరంగము noun (electromagnetic wave)
Thai
2 entries- ไมโครเวฟ noun (electromagnetic wave)
- เวฟ verb (cook in a microwave oven)
Turkish
2 entries- mikrodalga noun (electromagnetic wave)
- mikrodalgada pişirmek verb (cook in a microwave oven)
Turkmen
1 entries- mikrotolkun noun (electromagnetic wave)
Ukrainian
1 entries- мікрохви́ля noun (electromagnetic wave)
Uyghur
1 entries- مىكرو دولقۇن noun (electromagnetic wave)
Uzbek
1 entries- mikrodalga noun (electromagnetic wave)
Vietnamese
2 entries- vi ba noun (electromagnetic wave)
- vi sóng noun (electromagnetic wave)
Welsh
2 entries- microdon noun (electromagnetic wave)
- coginio mewn microdon verb (cook in a microwave oven)
Yiddish
1 entries- מיקראָכוואַליע noun (electromagnetic wave)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
That year's buzzword was digital: digital clocks, digital microwave ovens, even digital pens.
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Even the repairman couldn't figure out what had gone wrong with the microwave.
Source: tatoeba (279164)
My microwave is acting up. I think I'd rather get a new one than repair this one.
Source: tatoeba (279165)
Showing 4 of 14 available sentences.
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