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Definition of Baking
1. Adjective. As hot as if in an oven.
2. Noun. Making bread or cake or pastry etc..
3. Noun. Cooking by dry heat in an oven.
Definition of Baking
1. n. The act or process of cooking in an oven, or of drying and hardening by heat or cold.
Definition of Baking
1. Verb. (present participle of bake) ¹
2. Adjective. Intended for use in baking. ¹
3. Adjective. (figuratively) Of a person, the weather, or an object, very hot. ¹
4. Noun. An action in which something is baked ¹
5. Noun. The way in which something is baked ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Baking
1. a quantity baked [n -S]
Medical Definition of Baking
1. 1. The act or process of cooking in an oven, or of drying and hardening by heat or cold. 2. The quantity baked at once; a batch; as, a baking of bread. Baking powder, a substitute for yeast, usually consisting of an acid, a carbonate, and a little farinaceous matter. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Baking
Literary usage of Baking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Analyst (1879)
"The Recorder said the conviction set forth that the appellants, " George and
Edward Warren, did sell a certain article of food, to wit, baking powder, ..."
2. The Analyst by Society of Public Analysts (Great Britain). (1880)
"The Recorder said the conviction set forth that the appellants, " George and
Edward Warren, did sell a certain article of food, to wit, baking powder, ..."
3. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1911)
"baking soda and haking powder are used to leaven or raise ... The active principle
of each is bicarbonate of soda or baking soda. ..."
4. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1902)
"THE ROTATION DUE TO INVERTED STARCH IN COMMERCIAL CREAM OF TARTAR SUBSTITUTES
AND baking-POWDERS. In the following experiments 8 g. of the sample and 8 cc. ..."
5. Field Geology by Frederic Henry Lahee (1917)
"baking.—baking refers to the hardening or toughening of rock material through the
... baking seems to be a process of cementation rather than compression. ..."
6. Nutrition and Clinical Dietetics by Herbert Swift Carter, Paul Edward Howe, Howard Harris Mason (1921)
"baking Powders.—baking powders will leaven dough more quickly than will yeast,
... All baking powders depend in principle upon the interaction between a ..."
7. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1890)
"It was the object of this investigation not only to find out the influence the
residues of impure baking-powders have on digestion, but also to find out to ..."
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