baking
English
Etymology
From Middle English bakynge; equivalent to bake + -ing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbeɪkɪŋ(ɡ)/
- Rhymes: -eɪkɪŋ
Adjective
baking (not comparable)
Noun
baking (usually uncountable, plural bakings)
- An action in which something is baked.
- I'm going to do some baking this afternoon.
- The way in which something is baked.
- 1871, Ledyard Bill, Minnesota; Its Character and Climate:
- 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.
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- (countable) The production of a batch of baked product.
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