- 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.
- 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.
- the process of cooking bread, cakes, etc
- (as modifier)
- the bread, cakes, etc, cooked at one time
- (esp of weather) very hot and dry
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