Baking

//ˈbeɪkɪŋ(ɡ)// adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An action in which something is baked. uncountable, usually

    "I’m going to do some baking this afternoon."

  2. 2
    cooking by dry heat in an oven wordnet
  3. 3
    The way in which something is baked. uncountable, usually

    "How often have we risen in the morning, after spending the night in this manner, with a feeling akin to that which we fancy would come from being knocked in the head with a sack of meal, then gently stewed, and all out of pure fraternal regard to supply any deficiencies in our original bakings."

  4. 4
    making bread or cake or pastry etc. wordnet
  5. 5
    The production of a batch of baked product. countable, usually
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of bake. form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    That bakes. not-comparable

    "baking bread; baking clay"

  2. 2
    Of a person, an object, or the weather: very hot; boiling, broiling, roasting. figuratively, not-comparable

    "I’m baking—could you open the window?"

Adjective
  1. 1
    as hot as if in an oven wordnet

Antonyms

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Example

More examples

"Open the window. It's baking hot in here."

Etymology

From Middle English bakynge; equivalent to bake + -ing.

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