BAKING Definition & Meaning

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baking

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noun

the activity or practice of cooking food using dry heat, especially in an oven.
Baking can give cuts of poultry a crispy, browned exterior.
food cooked using dry heat, especially bread, pastry, cakes, etc..
Nothing puts me into the Christmas spirit like the smells of holiday baking.

adjective

extremely hot.
It was unseasonably cold last week, but this week it's absolutely baking.
used in preparing food cooked with dry heat, especially bread, pastry, cakes, etc..
I can't make cookies without a baking tray.
suited for use in pies, pastry, etc..
Proper baking apples are needed for a good apple crumble.

baking

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noun

1. the process of cooking bread, cakes, etc
2. ( as modifier )
  a baking dish
the bread, cakes, etc, cooked at one time

adjective

(esp of weather) very hot and dry

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of baking¹

First recorded in 1300–50; 1650–60 baking for def. 3; Middle English; bake ( def. ) + -ing ¹ ( def. ) for the noun senses; bake ( def. ) + -ing ² ( def. ) for the adjective senses

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She spends about an hour a week baking, on top of running two online jewellery businesses and parenting another child.

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Astrid said she was surprised by the number of people who travelled to south Wales for her baking workshops, which range from croissant-making to traditional French baguette classes.

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Underwear can also be seen next to his bed by the pill press machine and another baking tray filled with pills.

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In that time, the village stopped baking bread.

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Ceramics taught me about patience and perseverance — the same lessons I grew to appreciate when I first started cooking and baking on my own.

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