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camp ovens

camp ovens is the plural of camp oven.

Meaning of camp oven

Noun

camp oven (plural camp ovens)

  1. A large sturdy cast-iron pot used for cooking in a camp fire.
    • Our bread was baked for us by one of the Government cooks, and the scones and cakes which we consumed so ravenously were baked by my mother in a camp oven. This primitive but useful oven requires very little description. It is a round iron vessel, standing on three legs and covered with a...1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 55

Questions about camp ovens

What is camp ovens the plural of?
Camp ovens is the plural of camp oven.

Words near camp ovens in the dictionary

  1. Camp Nelson
  2. Camp One
  3. camp out
  4. camp out on
  5. camp oven
  6. camp ovens
  7. Camp Pendleton North
  8. Camp Pendleton South
  9. camp robber
  10. camp robbers
  11. camp shirt

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