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baking en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbeɪkɪŋ(ɡ)/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English bakynge; equivalent to bake + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) That bakes.
    • baking bread; baking clay; baking dish
  2. (figuratively, not-comparable) Of a person, an object, or the weather: very hot; boiling, broiling, roasting.
    • I’m baking—could you open the window?
    • The car was baking after having been parked in the sun the whole afternoon.

baking en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbeɪkɪŋ(ɡ)/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English bakynge; equivalent to bake + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) An action in which something is baked.
    • Upon these terms, after working hard all day for her mistress, she began her midnight bakings, assisted by her two oldest children. 1861, Harriet Jacobs (Linda Brent), Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl:
    • I’m going to do some baking this afternoon.
  2. (uncountable, usually) The way in which something is baked.
    • 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. 1913, Captain R. F. Scott, Scott’s Last Expedition Volume I:
    • 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. 1871, Ledyard Bill, Minnesota; Its Character and Climate:
  3. (countable, usually) The production of a batch of baked product.

Forms

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bakings Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

baking sheet · procrastibaking · baking chocolate · baking soda · bakingly · baking tin · bakingware · baking paper · baking hot · pre-baking · baking parchment · baking board · pie baking · nonbaking · pie-baking · baking powder · baking tray · baking stone · blind baking · baking pan · baking beans · baking mat

Translations (27)

de Backen (action in which something is baked) · cmn 烘烤 (action in which something is baked) · ka გამოცხობა (action in which something is baked) · da bagning (action in which something is baked) · cmn(action in which something is baked) · ru вы́печка (action in which something is baked) · cs pečení (action in which something is baked) · mi tunumanga parāoa (action in which something is baked) · nn baking (action in which something is baked) · ja 焼くこと (action in which something is baked) · fr cuisson (action in which something is baked) · ru выпека́ние (action in which something is baked) · es panpasteleo (action in which something is baked) · mk печење (action in which something is baked) · sw uokaji (action in which something is baked) · zza adırnayen (action in which something is baked) · sv bakning (action in which something is baked) · ka ცხობა (action in which something is baked) · cmn 焙燒 /焙烧 (action in which something is baked) · el ψήσιμο (action in which something is baked) · fi leipominen (action in which something is baked) · nb baking (action in which something is baked) · ar خَبْز (action in which something is baked) · cmn(action in which something is baked) · pt assamento (action in which something is baked) · qu chaya (action in which something is baked) · uk випікання (action in which something is baked)

baking en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbeɪkɪŋ(ɡ)/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English bakynge; equivalent to bake + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of bake.
    form of bake