Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cajun microwave

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.93 in modern English

Syllables: ca-jun mi-crowave
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A metal-lined wooden box (or sometimes other container, even e.g. a pit) for cooking a pig or other food in, typically outdoors.

American usage

Example Sentences

"Chicken barbecued in this “Cajun microwave” falls right off the bone."
"Buy, rent, or borrow the cooking pots, burners, and Cajun microwaves or Cajun tin cooking sheds. With the right cooking equipment the job will be a lot easier."
"[…] after the Cajun microwave or Caja China. The main difference between a Cajun microwave and a Caja China has to do with workmanship. [Commercial] Cajun microwaves are made of cypress or another hardwood, and are often decorated with carvings."
"The term is applied rather widely, and it is not unusual to find someone digging a hole in the ground and lining it with sheet metal in order to cook a pig and calling the resulting fire pit a Cajun microwave. The Cajun microwave as built by Venable was a version of an old-fashioned Dutch oven, […]"

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

Cajun microwaves (plural)

Phrases

caja china

Frequently Paired Words

caja china

Questions

What does cajun microwave mean?: A metal-lined wooden box (or sometimes other container, even e.g. a pit) for cooking a pig or other food in, typically outdoors.

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