Definition of BAKING

baking

Meanings

Plural: bakings

Noun

  • making bread or cake or pastry etc.
  • cooking by dry heat in an oven
  • An action in which something is baked.
  • The way in which something is baked.
  • The production of a batch of baked product.

Verb

  • cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven
  • prepare with dry heat in an oven
  • heat by a natural force
  • be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun
    • "the tourists were baking in the heat"
  • present participle and gerund of bake.

Adjective Satellite

  • as hot as if in an oven

Adj

  • That bakes.
  • Of a person, an object, or the weather: very hot; boiling, broiling, roasting.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

bake, baking hot, broil

Scrabble Score: 13

baking is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
baking is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
baking is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

baking is a valid Words With Friends word