Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "microwave" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

apartment kitchen

Capable Of

dry most liquids heat food warm cup of milk warm up coffee

Coordinate Terms

UHF longwave mediumwave shortwave

Derived Terms

Cajun microwave antimicrowave convection microwave convection microwave oven cosmic microwave background microwavable microwave meal microwave radiation microwave resonant cavity thruster microwave safe microwave spectroscopy microwave up microwaveable microwaveguide microwaveless microwavelike microwavery mini-microwave

Derived From

wave

Context

cooking

Part Of (Holonyms)

radio band

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

cook electromagnetic radiation electromagnetic wave kitchen appliance nonparticulate radiation radio wave wave

Type Of (IsA)

appliance controlled vocabulary types electromagnetic radiation kitchen appliance wave

Manner Of

cook

Part Of

electromagnetic spectrum

Related Terms

convection microwave electromagnetic wave infrared microwave oven radio wave

Synonym Network

microwave oven nuke

Used For

cooking food fast make popcorn preparing food

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