Definitions for baking
bak·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. bakingnoun

   making bread or cake or pastry etc.

2. bakingadjective

   cooking by dry heat in an oven

3. baking, baking hotadjective

   as hot as if in an oven

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.3 / 3 votes

1. bakingnoun

   An action in which something is baked

   I'm going to do some baking this afternoon.

2. bakingnoun

   The way in which something is baked

3. bakingadjective

   Intended for use in baking.

   Here is a baking tray for the cookies.

4. bakingadjective

   Of a person, the weather, or an object, very hot.

   I'm baking - could you open the window?

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Baking

   Baking is a method of preparing food that uses dry heat, typically in an oven, but can also be done in hot ashes, or on hot stones. The most common baked item is bread, but many other types of foods can be baked. Heat is gradually transferred "from the surface of cakes, cookies, and pieces of bread to their center. As heat travels through, it transforms batters and doughs into baked goods and more with a firm dry crust and a softer center". Baking can be combined with grilling to produce a hybrid barbecue variant by using both methods simultaneously, or one after the other. Baking is related to barbecuing because the concept of the masonry oven is similar to that of a smoke pit. Baking has traditionally been performed at home for day-to-day meals and in bakeries and restaurants for local consumption. When production was industrialized, baking was automated by machines in large factories. The art of baking remains a fundamental skill and is important for nutrition, as baked goods, especially bread, are a common and important food, both from an economic and cultural point of view. A person who prepares baked goods as a profession is called a baker. On a related note, a pastry chef is someone who is trained in the art of making pastries, desserts, bread, and other baked goods.

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1. baking

   Baking refers to the cooking method that utilizes dry heat, usually in an oven, to transform ingredients into a variety of food items, such as bread, pastries, cookies, cakes, and pies. It involves combining and mixing ingredients, often including flour, eggs, sugar, fats, and leavening agents, and then subjecting them to heat for a certain duration until they are cooked and acquire a desired texture, flavor, and appearance. Baking is commonly associated with the use of an enclosed oven, where heat is evenly distributed to cook the food item from all sides.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 5 votes

1. Baking

   of Bake

2. Bakingnoun

   the act or process of cooking in an oven, or of drying and hardening by heat or cold

3. Bakingnoun

   the quantity baked at once; a batch; as, a baking of bread

FreebaseRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. Baking

   Baking is a food cooking method using prolonged dry heat acting by convection, rather than by thermal radiation, normally in an oven, but also in hot ashes, or on hot stones. The most common baked item is bread but many other types of foods are baked. Heat is gradually transferred "from the surface of cakes, cookies and breads to their centre. As heat travels through it transforms batters and doughs into baked goods with a firm dry crust and a softer centre". Baking can be combined with grilling to produce a hybrid barbecue variant, by using both methods simultaneously or one before the other, cooking twice. Baking is related to barbecuing because the concept of the masonry oven is similar to that of a smoke pit. Baking has been traditionally done at home by women for domestic consumption, by men in bakeries and restaurants for local consumption and when production was industrialised, by machines in large factories. The art and skill of baking remains a fundamental one and important for nutrition, as baked goods, especially breads, are a common food, economically and culturally important. A person who prepares baked goods as a profession is called a baker.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of baking in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of baking in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of baking in a Sentence

1. Douglas Mena:

   I'm not the only one, there are many of us who have started re-selling goods on the informal market, baking cakes, cleaning houses, anything.

2. Armin Alaedini:

   After all this effort, this product that is coming out ... is unlikely to be superior in terms of nutritional value or baking properties and taste to the gluten-free products that are already on the market.

3. Chef Chris Sayegh:

   It really wasn't until I started to break it down into a science that I realized that cooking with cannabis ... was much, much different than baking with it.

4. Earl Blumenauer:

   I get lost in the rhythm, my mind is released to think great thoughts or reflect on the mundane. A kaleidoscope of images pops up as I build my own momentum. Whether hiking, running, or baking, I am drawn by muscle memory and instinct. I find I don’t have to check the recipe to think about how many egg yolks to separate, where they go, or what comes next. The process has become part of my subconscious and physiology.

5. Justin Mavin:

   In Australia, we went into Covid lockdown mid-March, and I had more free time around the house, i'd heard about sourdough baking and thought, What a great time to test out my baking abilities.

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