What does baking mean?

Answer 1

   /beɪk/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [beyk]

verb, baked, bak⋅ing, noun-verb (used with object) 1. to cook by dry heat in an oven or on heated metal or stones. 2. to harden by heat: to bake pottery in a kiln. 3. to dry by, or subject to heat: The sun baked the land. -verb (used without object) 4. to bake bread, a casserole, etc. 5. to become baked: The cake will bake in about half an hour. 6. to be subjected to heat: The lizard baked on the hot rocks. -noun 7. a social occasion at which the chief food is baked. 8. Scot. cracker (def. 1).

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bef. 1000; ME baken, OE bacan, ptp. bōc baked; c. OHG bahhan, past buoh, ON baka; akin to D bakken, G backen, Gk phgein to roast; < IE alternating base *bheHog-, bhəg-

Answer 2

cooking something in the oven