baking
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baking
- /ˈbeɪkɪŋ(ɡ)/
Rhymes with -eɪkɪŋ
Where it comes from
From Middle English bakynge; equivalent to bake + -ing.
verb
- present participle and gerund of bake
adjective
- That bakes. baking bread; baking clay; baking dish
- Of a person, an object, or the weather: very hot; boiling, broiling, roasting. I’m baking—could you open the window?
noun bakings
- An action in which something is baked. I’m going to do some baking this afternoon.
- The way in which something is baked. 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.
- The production of a batch of baked product.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: bakery, baking hot, hot, boulangerie, fry, oven, cook, cooking, bread, pastry, cookie, cake, ash, firing, heating, burning
Translations
Talk about this word "baking." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/baking. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. baking. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/baking "baking." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/baking.Cite this
@misc{baking_2026,
title = {baking},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/baking},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
