ready mixed or ready cooked food

[ostap77]

Which is more frequently used ready or ready cooked food?

We pop food in or into a microwave? Do we say microwave or microwave oven? What about the verb "to microwave"? Is it used a lot? What would "microwaveable or microwavable" mean? Food that we cook in a microwave?

 

[Tdol]

The shorter forms are more common; you can say microwave oven, but dropping oven is very common. The verb is used a lot, in BrE at least. If something is microwavable, you can microwave it.

 

[ostap77]

The shorter forms are more common; you can say microwave oven, but dropping oven is very common. The verb is used a lot, in BrE at least. If something is microwavable, you can microwave it.

What about AmE?

 

[lauralie2]

• we pop food in(to) a microwave
• microwave / microwave oven
• the verb "microwave" is used a lot
• microwavable: food that can be microwaved