Baking
//ˈbeɪkɪŋ(ɡ)// adj, noun, verb
adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An action in which something is baked. uncountable, usually
"I’m going to do some baking this afternoon."
- 2 cooking by dry heat in an oven wordnet
- 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 making bread or cake or pastry etc. wordnet
- 5 The production of a batch of baked product. countable, usually
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of bake. form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 That bakes. not-comparable
"baking bread; baking clay"
- 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 as hot as if in an oven wordnet
Antonyms
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More examples"Open the window. It's baking hot in here."
Etymology
From Middle English bakynge; equivalent to bake + -ing.
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