dutch oven

1. 1.

   an oven consisting of a metal box for cooking in front of a fire

   Broaderoven
2. 2.

   iron or earthenware cooking pot; used for stews

   Broaderpot

Questions about dutch oven

What does dutch oven mean?

dutch oven means "an oven consisting of a metal box for cooking in front of a fire". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is dutch oven a common word?

dutch oven is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.