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