Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈbeɪkɪŋ(ɡ)/
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ˈbeɪkɪŋ(ɡ)
Adjective
That bakes.
Usage- not-comparable
- Examples
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baking bread; baking clay; baking dish
Of a person, an object, or the weather: very hot; boiling, broiling, roasting.
Usage- Figurative
- not-comparable
- Examples
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I’m baking—could you open the window?
The car was baking after having been parked in the sun the whole afternoon.
Noun
An action in which something is baked.
Usage- Uncountable
- usually
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I’m going to do some baking this afternoon.
Upon these terms, after working hard all day for her mistress, she began her midnight bakings, assisted by her two oldest children.
The way in which something is baked.
Usage- Uncountable
- usually
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More examples (1)
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.
Clissold’s work of cooking has fallen on Hooper and Lashly, and it is satisfactory to find that the various dishes and bread bakings maintain their excellence.
The production of a batch of baked product.
Usage- Countable
- usually
Adjective
as hot as if in an oven
- Synonyms
Noun
making bread or cake or pastry etc.
- Broader terms
cooking by dry heat in an oven
- Broader terms