Definition of Baking

1. Noun. Making bread or cake or pastry etc..

Generic synonyms: Creating From Raw Materials
Derivative terms: Bake

2. Adjective. As hot as if in an oven.
Exact synonyms: Baking Hot
Similar to: Hot

3. Noun. Cooking by dry heat in an oven.
Generic synonyms: Cookery, Cooking, Preparation
Specialized synonyms: Shirring
Derivative terms: Bake

Definition of Baking

1. n. The act or process of cooking in an oven, or of drying and hardening by heat or cold.

Definition of Baking

1. Verb. (present participle of bake) ¹

2. Adjective. Intended for use in baking. ¹

3. Adjective. (figuratively) Of a person, the weather, or an object, very hot. ¹

4. Noun. An action in which something is baked ¹

5. Noun. The way in which something is baked ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Baking

1. a quantity baked [n -S]

Medical Definition of Baking

1. 1. The act or process of cooking in an oven, or of drying and hardening by heat or cold. 2. The quantity baked at once; a batch; as, a baking of bread. Baking powder, a substitute for yeast, usually consisting of an acid, a carbonate, and a little farinaceous matter. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Baking

bakeries
bakerite
bakers
bakers dozen
bakers dozens
bakery
bakes
bakesale
bakesales
bakeshop
bakeshops
bakeware
bakewares
bakgat
bakhchisaraitsevite
baking (current term)
baking-powder biscuit
baking chocolate
baking hot
baking powder
baking sheet
baking tray
baking trays
bakingly
bakings
bakistre
bakistres
bakkie
bakkies

Literary usage of Baking

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Analyst (1879)
"The Recorder said the conviction set forth that the appellants, " George and Edward Warren, did sell a certain article of food, to wit, baking powder, ..."

2. The Analyst by Society of Public Analysts (Great Britain). (1880)
"The Recorder said the conviction set forth that the appellants, " George and Edward Warren, did sell a certain article of food, to wit, baking powder, ..."

3. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1911)
"baking soda and haking powder are used to leaven or raise ... The active principle of each is bicarbonate of soda or baking soda. ..."

4. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1902)
"THE ROTATION DUE TO INVERTED STARCH IN COMMERCIAL CREAM OF TARTAR SUBSTITUTES AND baking-POWDERS. In the following experiments 8 g. of the sample and 8 cc. ..."

5. Field Geology by Frederic Henry Lahee (1917)
"baking.—baking refers to the hardening or toughening of rock material through the ... baking seems to be a process of cementation rather than compression. ..."

6. Nutrition and Clinical Dietetics by Herbert Swift Carter, Paul Edward Howe, Howard Harris Mason (1921)
"baking Powders.—baking powders will leaven dough more quickly than will yeast, ... All baking powders depend in principle upon the interaction between a ..."

7. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1890)
"It was the object of this investigation not only to find out the influence the residues of impure baking-powders have on digestion, but also to find out to ..."

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