baking
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/ˈbeɪkɪŋ(ɡ)/
English
Definitions
verb
- (with person as subject) To cook (something) in an oven.“I baked a delicious cherry pie.”
- (with baked thing as subject) To be cooked in an oven.“The cake baked at 350°F.”
- To be warmed to drying and hardening.“The clay baked in the sun.”
- To dry by heat.“They baked the electrical parts lightly to remove moisture.”
noun
- An action in which something is baked.“I'm going to do some baking this afternoon.”
- The way in which something is baked.
- The production of a batch of baked product.
adjective
- That bakes.“baking bread baking clay”
- Of a person, an object, or the weather: very hot; boiling, broiling, roasting.“I'm baking – could you open the window?”