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bake
Audio Help [beyk] Pronunciation Key verb, baked, bak·ing, noun
Audio Help [beyk] Pronunciation Key verb, baked, bak·ing, noun –verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
–noun
| 1. | to cook by dry heat in an oven or on heated metal or stones. |
| 2. | to harden by heat: to bake pottery in a kiln. |
| 3. | to dry by, or subject to heat: The sun baked the land. |
| 4. | to bake bread, a casserole, etc. |
| 5. | to become baked: The cake will bake in about half an hour. |
| 6. | to be subjected to heat: The lizard baked on the hot rocks. |
| 7. | a social occasion at which the chief food is baked. |
| 8. | Scot. cracker (def. 1). |
[Origin: bef. 1000; ME baken, OE bacan, ptp. bōc baked; c. OHG bahhan, past buoh, ON baka; akin to D bakken, G backen, Gk ph
gein to roast; < IE alternating base *bheHog-, bhəg-
]
gein to roast; < IE alternating base *bheHog-, bhəg-
] | Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006. |
Baked
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| bake
Audio Help (bāk) Pronunciation Key
v. baked, bak·ing, bakes v. tr.
v. intr.
n.
[Middle English baken, from Old English bacan.] |
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| baked
Audio Help (bākt) Pronunciation Key
adj.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
| baked | |
adjective | |
| 1. | dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight; "a vast desert all adust"; "land lying baked in the heat"; "parched soil"; "the earth was scorched and bare"; "sunbaked salt flats" [syn: adust] |
| 2. | (bread and pastries) cooked by dry heat (as in an oven); "baked goods" |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
baked adjective
Example: baked ham; freshly baked bread
See also: a baker's dozen, bake, baking powder, baker, bakery, baking
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