baking

n. cooking with dry heat in an oven

v. cook in an oven; tan, sunbathe

Baking is the technique of prolonged cooking of food by dry heat acting by conduction, and not by radiation, normally in an oven, but also in hot ashes, or on hot stones. It is primarily used for the preparation of bread, cakes, pastries and pies, tarts, and quiches. Such items are sometimes referred to as "baked goods," and are sold at a bakery. A person who prepares baked goods as a profession is called a baker. It is also used for the preparation of baked potatoes; baked apples; baked beans; some pasta dishes, such as lasagne; and various other foods, such as the pretzel.
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Noun
1. making bread or cake or pastry etc.
(hypernym) creating from raw materials
(derivation) bake
2. cooking by dry heat in an oven
(hypernym) cooking, cookery, preparation
(hyponym) shirring
(derivation) bake
Adjective
1. as hot as if in an oven
(synonym) baking hot
(similar) hot

Verb
1. cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven; "bake the potatoes"
(hypernym) cook
(hyponym) ovenbake
(derivation) baking
(classification) cooking, cookery, preparation
2. prepare with dry heat in an oven; "bake a cake"
(hypernym) create from raw material, create from raw stuff
(derivation) baker
3. heat by a natural force; "The sun broils the valley in the summer"
(synonym) broil
(hypernym) heat, heat up

(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Bake
  

(n.)
The quantity baked at once; a batch; as, a baking of bread.
  

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

Baking is unpropitious for a woman. Ill health and the care of many children; meanness and poverty of supporters are indicated.