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baked

baked

1.0
Dried by strong sun or heat until hard and cracked
  • adjective
  • /beɪkt/
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  • It is now that our story shifts east to the sun baked Highlands of central Anatolia.

They were in a nearly airless heat baked container.

Examples

  • They were in a nearly airless heat baked container.

  • The sun-baked clay pots were perfect for the garden.

  • Adam, whose name means clay was not baked in a kiln.

  • You know, baked dry abalone's they're pretty expensive too.

  • And it's just like sun baked and and sad and it's it's there's an oldness to it.

  • They were in a nearly airless heat baked container.

  • The sun-baked earth in the desert created difficult conditions for the plants.

  • After spending all day outside, my skin felt dry and baked from the sun.

Synonyms

parched
vsbaked
13 4.7

Having very little water because of heat

is dry and hardened rather than just lacking moisture
dried-out
vsbaked
8 2.8

Completely dry because it has no water left

is also hardened by heat or sun rather than only moisture loss
scorched
vsbaked
1 4.6

Burned and dried by strong heat such as fire or hot sun

is dried and hardened rather than charred or burned
sunbaked
vsbaked
1 4.8

Dried and hard from strong sunlight

is dry and hard from either heat or sunlight
sundried
vsbaked
1 3.6

Left in the sun until it loses its water

is hardened as well as dried rather than only dried
dried
vsbaked
1 1.0

Something that is no longer wet because its water has gone away

is hardened by heat or sun as well as dry
hard-baked
vsbaked
4.4

Made by heating until very hard and dry, for example food or clay

is dried and hardened specifically by heat or sunlight
hardened
vsbaked
4.1

Made solid by heating, drying, or other treatment

is hard as a result of heat or sunlight rather than other causes
adust
vsbaked
  • Archaic
9.9

Dried and darkened by strong sun

is dried and hardened rather than merely darkened or damaged

Antonyms

105 1.0

Slightly wet in a pleasant or suitable way

Compounds

20 1.0

A potato cooked in its skin in an oven until soft

19 1.0

Foods like bread, cakes, and pastries people make in an oven

half-baked
  • Informal
11 6.5

Not fully planned or sensible

Just made in an oven and still warm, like bread or cookies

3 5.5

A dessert made of cake and ice cream covered with meringue quickly browned in an oven

2 1.3

Baked at home rather than bought in a shop

1 2.5

An egg cooked in the oven with cream or butter in a small dish

A slow-cooked New England dish of small white beans in thick sweet syrup with salted pork

Food made with dough as the outside layer or base

A long-lasting powder for the cheeks made by baking colored liquid

baked spud
  • Informal
3.0

A whole baked potato served with toppings like cheese or beans

A creeping plant that lives many years and makes soft yellow-orange berries that taste like baked apples

5.1

A weak reason someone gives to avoid blame

Partly cooked so it is still raw inside

Made by heating until very hard and dry, for example food or clay

A slice of sweet bread that is baked twice until it turns hard and crisp

How Dry

parched
13 4.7
baked
1.0
dry
791 1.0
damp
11 1.0
wet
1 1.0

Surface Forms

baked positive

Morphology

baked = bake (transparent) = bake + ed

The adjectival meaning 'dried out or hardened by heat' is a direct extension of the verb 'bake' and is inferable from the base.

Etymology

The word baked also comes from bake, which meant 'to heat or dry', so people began to call land or skin that the sun had made hard and dry 'baked'. That's why a field or someone's skin can be called 'baked' after long sun and heat.