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home-baked

home-baked

2 1.3
Baked at home rather than bought in a shop
  • adjective
  • /hoʊm-beɪkt/
translation icon : horneado en casa
  • They enjoyed a lovely dinner featuring home-baked bread and fresh salad.
  • home-baked cookies
  • home-baked bread
  • home-baked pie

These pizzas are all home baked, which I assume many of you might be.

Examples

  • The dinner is at the Lisbon Regional School cafeteria and will include turkey, stuffing, gravy, potatoes, vegetables, cranberry sauce, rolls, and home-baked pies.

    Blog text (28)
  • He set out bowls of tomato relish, carved the turkey, and sliced the home-baked bread.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • I want to find out where to send a box of home-baked cookies for them.

    Blog text (18)
  • These pizzas are all home baked, which I assume many of you might be.

  • Assisted Living also paid a visit to West County Fire/EMS with a gift of home-baked goodies to honor them on Patriot's Day.

    Blog text (27)
  • She put a plate of home-baked gingersnaps and a glass of milk on the bureau.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Now, those landlords show up every Friday with home-baked cakes and hot tea, so everybody on both Fifth Crow and Fat Cabbage can take a break and socialize.

    Blog text (17)
  • "Good Sabbath," Aunt Yona chimed in like a hasty echo and placed her home-baked cake on the oval table.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Ann Romney handed out home-baked cookies to the campaign staff and press corps on Tuesday as the Romney campaign headed to Tampa, Fla.

    Blog text (9)
  • I think the best part of home-baked birthday cakes is someone who wants to do something special for someone they care about—especially if it involves secrets and surprises.

    Blog text (9)

Synonyms

homemade
vshome-baked
179 1.3

Made at home rather than bought from a store

is limited to foods cooked in an oven domestically rather than generally produced

Antonyms

26 2.3

People buy it in a shop or store instead of making it at home

How Homemade

home-baked
2 1.3
store-bought
26 2.3
factory-made
1 3.1

Surface Forms

home-baked positive

Morphology

home-baked = home + baked (transparent) = home + bake + ed

The components 'home' and 'bake' combine in a clear, literal way meaning 'baked at home', so learners who know the base words can readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Home-baked comes from the simple parts home and baked, and it literally means 'baked at home' rather than bought in a shop. So, when something is home-baked imagine warm bread or cookies fresh from your oven in your kitchen, not from a store.