BAKING


Meaning of BAKING in English

I. noun

( -s )

Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of baken

1. : the action or process of baking

2. : a quantity baked at or within a given time : batch

served … wild turkey and deer and a week's baking of mince and apple pies — Marjory S. Douglas

II. adjective

1. : designed for or used in baking

a baking utensil

an essential baking ingredient

2. : marked by intense dry heat : scorching

the arid baking sands of the desert

• baking·ly adverb

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.