bake

6 definitions • 11 examples

to cook inside an oven, without using added liquid or fat:

I made the icing while the cake was baking.

a baked potato

freshly baked bread

Bake at 180°C for about 20 minutes.

Bake for 5–7 minutes in a preheated oven.

to make something such as earth or clay hard by heating it, usually in order to make bricks

to be or become very hot:

It's baking outside.

You'll bake in that fleece jacket!

a savoury (= not sweet) dish made from a mixture of foods that is baked in the oven:

He made a delicious salmon and broccoli bake.

This is how you make a simple tuna bake.

a cake, or other sweet food that is baked in the oven:

Viewers have been sending in pictures of their bakes.

Please bring your bakes to the end of the bench.

to cook inside an oven