ucheira

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Galician

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A Galician traditional kitchen oven

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Etymology

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Attested since 1234 (uscheria). From Old Galician-Portuguese, either from Latin ostiārius, from ostium (door), or from ustulāria from ustulō (I scorch).

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Noun

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ucheira f (plural ucheiras)

  1. (usually in the plural, architecture) jamb, especially of an oven
  2. (by extension, in the plural) stones that conform the oven

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