English

Verb

baking

1. present participle of bake.

Adjective

baking ‎(not comparable)

1. (figuratively) Of a person, an object, or the weather: very hot; boiling, broiling, roasting.

   I'm baking – could you open the window?‎

   The car was baking after having been parked in the sun the whole afternoon.‎

Noun

baking ‎(usually uncountable, plural bakings)

1. An action in which something is baked.

   I'm going to do some baking this afternoon.‎

   • 1861, Harriet Jacobs (Linda Brent), Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl:

     Upon these terms, after working hard all day for her mistress, she began her midnight bakings, assisted by her two oldest children.

2. The way in which something is baked.
   • 1871, Ledyard Bill, Minnesota; Its Character and Climate:

     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.

   • 1913, Captain R. F. Scott, Scott's Last Expedition Volume I:

     Clissold's work of cooking has fallen on Hooper and Lashly, and it is satisfactory to find that the various dishes and bread bakings maintain their excellence.

3. (countable) The production of a batch of baked product.

Translations

Derived terms

• baking hot
• baking tin
• baking tray

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From bake +‎ -ing

Noun

baking m, f ‎(definite singular bakinga or bakingen)

1. baking

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From bake +‎ -ing

Noun

baking f ‎(definite singular bakinga)

1. baking