overbake
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]overbake (third-person singular simple present overbakes, present participle overbaking, simple past and past participle overbaked)
- (transitive) To bake too much: for too long, at too high a temperature, or both.
- Antonym: underbake
- Hypernyms: bake; overcook; overdo
- Coordinate terms: overroast; burn, scorch; overboil, overfry, overbroil
- 2007 April 18, “Letters”, in New York Times[1]:
- It’s for an eight-inch pan, and the only thing you need to fear is overbaking; somewhere between 20 and 25 minutes is just about right.