baking

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Verb 1.3 Adjective 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Derived terms

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪkɪŋ

[edit] Verb

baking

1. Present participle of bake.

[edit] Adjective

baking (not comparable)

1. Intended for use in baking.

   Here is a baking tray for the cookies.

2. (figuratively) Of a person, the weather, or an object, very hot.

   I'm baking - could you open the window?

[edit] Noun

baking (usually uncountable; plural bakings)

1. An action in which something is baked

   I'm going to do some baking this afternoon.

   • 1861, Harriet Jacobs (AKA Linda Brent), Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl^[1]:

     Upon these terms, after working hard all day for her mistress, she began her midnight bakings, assisted by her two oldest children.

2. The way in which something is baked
   • 1871, Ledyard Bill, Minnesota; Its Character and Climate^[2]:

     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.

   • 1913, Captain R. F. Scott, Scott's Last Expedition Volume I^[3]:

     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.

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[edit] Derived terms

• baking hot
• baking tin
• baking tray