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baking

baking

141 1.0
The activity of cooking bread, cakes, or pastries in an oven
  • noun
  • /ˈbeɪkɪŋ/
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  • The aroma of freshly baked bread filled the kitchen after hours of baking.
  • baking bread
  • baking in an oven
  • flour for baking

It's not for baking because I don't really bake.

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Examples

  • We'll probably find her inside baking muffins.

  • The long, slow baking made the tiny bones of the fish soft enough to eat.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • And it just seems like the whole world is having success with baking except me.

  • Well, this would be good if we had any baking to do.

  • We'll have to move our baking to the middle of the week.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • The house was full of rich, wonderful smells, of baking and chocolate and peppermint sticks.

  • Ancient art that it is, Jewish baking has a ritual, as well as culinary significance.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Barbara had run out of flour during a late-night baking bout, after all the stores were closed.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Susan glanced at the baking pan on the countertop and half-smiled.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • As a child, Jessica Cervantes from Miami, Florida, loved baking desserts with her grandmother.

    Academic text (2009)

Compounds

29 1.2

A white powder used in baking, cleaning, and to ease heartburn

15 1.0

A white powder used in cooking to make dough or batter rise

1 2.3

A flat metal pan used in an oven to bake food like cookies

Chocolate with no sugar used to make cakes, icings, and candies

1 3.4

Feels very hot, like you are inside an oven

A pan that plugs in and cooks food by baking or grilling

A pan that holds batter or dough while it bakes

2.5

A container like a pan that shapes and holds dough or batter while it bakes

A small fluffy bread that uses baking powder and people often eat for breakfast or as a side

How Complex

breadmaking
1 2.5
baking
141 1.0
mixing
51 1.8

Surface Forms

baking singular
bakings plural

Morphology

baking = bake (transparent) = bake + ing

A straightforward gerund/nominalization from the verb 'bake' meaning the activity of baking.

Etymology

Baking comes from the verb bake, which means 'to cook with dry heat in an oven'. You can see the same root in baker and bakery, so baking is the activity of making bread, cakes, and pastries in an oven.