Dutch oven

English thumb Etymology From en Dutch makeshift, substitutional, replacement, en ersatz oven. See en Dutch for more information on the now obsolete sense that the term is derived from. The cigar sense is said to originate in New Brunswick, New Jersey.Ferraro, Chris. Marijuana and College Culture, pg. 19 Pronunciation en En-au-Dutch oven.ogg AU Noun en US A large cooking pot with a tight-fitting lid, especially one made of metal. en saucepan roasting pan roaster stewer stewpot ; stockpot ; cauldron ; pot-au-feu ; casserole ; oven dish ; kettle 1780, William Cowper, letter, 5 June: I heard the most uncommon and unaccountable noise that can be imagined. It was, in fact, occasioned by the clattering of tin pattypans and a Dutch oven against the sides of the panniers. en-US Florence Fabricant Get a Workout With a New Dutch Oven The New York Times 2018-04-16 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/16/dining/dutch-oven-cast-iron-cookware-finex.html 0362-4331 Cast-iron cookware is in the spotlight. Having started with skillets, producers are now introducing Dutch ovens. Despite already owning pots from Staub and Le Creuset, I could not resist the new Dutch oven by Finex Cast Iron Cookware, an American company that makes distinctive octagonal pieces with a dark bronze finish. https://web.archive.org/web/20250221061247/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/16/dining/dutch-oven-cast-iron-cookware-finex.html 21 February 2025 A portable oven consisting of a metal box, with shelves, placed before an open fire. en rail transport A protective cover for electrical contacts on a railway coupler, particularly but not exclusively used on the London Underground.http://www.trainweb.org/tubeprune/coupling.htm#Automatic%20Couplers "Tubeprune" Coupling, Handing and UNDMs - Automatic Couplers trainweb.org 2006-11-12 en slang The situation where a person breaks wind under the bedcovers, sometimes pulling them over a bedmate's head as a prank. en 1996 Bart Plantenga Wiggling Wishbone: Stories of Pata-Sexual Speculation https://books.google.ca/books?id=KVggAQAAIAAJ 111 Dutch Oven = Farting in bed & then lifting the blankets. en 1996 w:Jonathon Green Words Apart: The Language of Prejudice https://books.google.ca/books?id=kKgdAQAAIAAJ 191 a Dutch oven, most commonly a large pot heated by surrounding it with fuel, and placing hot coals on the lid, can also be a mouth. Not only that - it can also be the smell of a bed in which someone has just farted. en 2009 Jon Vitti; Jonathan Aibel; Glenn Berger Theodore w:Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGwrqxycktc Oh, man! Dutch oven! Not the Dutch oven! Anything but the Dutch oven! Must find fresh air before it's too late! It's too late! It burns. Mama, it burns! en May 20, 2016 w:Chris Savino Lynn Loud Space Invader w:The Loud House episode 15 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrFFJSwCZDM Hey Lincoln, what's more fun than a Canadian microwave? A Dutch oven! A room or vehicle full of marijuana smoke. en slang The very end of a Dutch Masters cigar that has been rerolled with marijuana. en Dutch oven Translations cooking pot Chinese: Mandarin: cmn Dutch: nl braadpan m Finnish: fi valurautapata French: fr cocotte f German: de Dutch Oven m, de Kokotte f Jamaican Creole: jam Dutch pot Korean: ko 더치 오븐 Polish: pl kociołek żeliwny m Spanish: es olla de hierro f Swedish: sv gjutjärnsgryta c, sv stekgryta c Verb en slang transitive To break wind beneath one's bedcovers or some other enclosed space. en https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2012/05/dinosaur-farts-created-global-warming-and-climate-change-with-massive-methane-output.html Slate (title) Dinosaur Flatulence Dutch-Ovened the Jurassic Period 2012-05-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20260224044153/https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2012/05/dinosaur-farts-created-global-warming-and-climate-change-with-massive-methane-output.html 24 February 2026 en https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/6018229/the-view-whoopi-goldberg-scared-granddaughter-join-reality-show/ The Sun Robin Williams and Billy Crystal standing in an elevator, and Robin Williams was just farting his life away. I guess they were Dutch-ovening each other, just basking in the ambiance of farts. The View’s Whoopi Goldberg was 'scared' for granddaughter to join reality show- but gave her 'best' advice about new gig 2022-08-17 Brittany Sims https://web.archive.org/web/20220930114335/https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/6018229/the-view-whoopi-goldberg-scared-granddaughter-join-reality-show/ 30 September 2022 References Further reading kognpda#htwozaa n en Cookware and bakeware Marijuana