英和和英

名詞

ovenful (複数形 ovenfuls または ovensful)

1. As much as an oven will hold.
   • 1996, Steven Laurence Kaplan, The Bakers of Paris and the Bread Question, 1700-1775, page 62:

     Cesar Delmarre baked ten ovenfuls a day, maintaining an athletic cadence, but kept a surprisingly small stock, because he had nowhere to put it, his landlady refusing to rent him a room on the second floor next to where she slept for fear that his activities would disturb her peace.

   • 1998, Wilbur Smith, The Burning Shore, page 4:

     They used up their reserves of flour at a prodigious rate to bake ovenful after ovenful of bread loaves, and then they loaded the small hand-cart and trundled it down the lane to the main road.

   • 2013, Debi Gliori, Pure Dead Wicked, page 243:

     In between looking after Damp and producing ovensful of delicious food, Mrs McLachlan would spend approximately one hour each week attempting to tidy up the mess, but so far had made little impression.

   • 2014, April McGreger, Sweet Potatoes: a Savor the South® cookbook, page 46:

     I always bake an ovenful and then stock the freezer with mashed sweet potatoes for use in other recipes down the road.