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Baking - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Baking : adj : as hot as if in an oven [syn: baking hot]
(noun)
1: making bread or cake or pastry etc.
2: cooking by dry heat in an oven
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Bake \Bake\ (b[=a]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Baked (b[=a]kt); p.
pr. & vb. n. Baking.] [AS. bacan; akin to D. bakken, OHG.
bacchan, G. backen, Icel. & Sw. baca, Dan. bage, Gr. ? to
roast.]
1. To prepare, as food, by cooking in a dry heat, either in
an oven or under coals, or on heated stone or metal; as,
to bake bread, meat, apples.
Note:Baking : is the term usually applied to that method of
cooking which exhausts the moisture in food more than
roasting or broiling; but the distinction of meaning
between roasting and baking is not always observed.
2. To dry or harden (anything) by subjecting to heat, as, to
bake bricks; the sun bakes the ground.
3. To harden by cold.
The earth . . . is baked with frost. --Shak.
They bake their sides upon the cold, hard stone.
--Spenser.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Baking : \Bak"ing\, n.
1. The act or process of cooking in an oven, or of drying and
hardening by heat or cold.
2. The quantity baked at once; a batch; as, a baking of
bread.
Baking powder, a substitute for yeast, usually consisting
of an acid, a carbonate, and a little farinaceous matter.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Baking |
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judyellisczar: agenda today: gift wrapping, Baking, laundry. Hope for a productive day |
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bekkah_boo: Baking, Baking, and more Baking today! |
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AthenasArmoury: My marathon day of cookie Baking will begin shortly! One more cup of coffee first, though. |
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