microwavelike

comparative more microwavelike · superlative most microwavelike

1. Resembling or characteristic of a microwave.

   It’s simple enough: Each partner must rip out a fingernail, wait a few minutes for a microwavelike contraption to inspect it, and voilà! A result.

   2023 November 7, Shirley Li, “It’s a Miracle Anyone Stays in Love”, in The Atlantic

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   The hospitals’ staffs were using a microwavelike box to sanitize two N95 masks at a time using ultraviolet light — zapping them for one minute before having to turn them over and zap them again.

   2020 April 23, Michele Munz, “Maplewood company designs UV-light trailer to sanitize masks for reuse by health workers”, in St. Louis Post-Dispatch