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bake

  • verb
  • /beɪk/

To cook using an oven, especially baked goods.

Other meanings

  1. To cook (something) in an oven (for someone).

  2. To be cooked in an oven.

Related words

  • bakemeat
  • bakeable
  • bakeability
  • bake someone's bread
  • bake off
  • bakecraft
  • bake-off
  • half-baked
  • bake in
  • bake something blind
  • in a bake
  • dump-and-bake

Word history

From Old English "bacan" (to bake).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “bake” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.