baking
nounEtymology From Middle English bakynge; equivalent to bake + -ing.
1
Usually An action in which something is baked.
- I’m going to do some baking this afternoon.
- Upon these terms, after working hard all day for her mistress, she began her midnight bakings, assisted by her two oldest children.1861, Harriet Jacobs (Linda Brent), Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl:
2
Usually The way in which something is baked.
- 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.1871, Ledyard Bill, Minnesota; Its Character and Climate:
- 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.1913, Captain R. F. Scott, Scott’s Last Expedition Volume I:
3
Usually The production of a batch of baked product.
- Derived terms
- bakingly, baking pan, bakingware, nonbaking, procrastibaking, baking beans, baking board, baking chocolate, baking hot, baking mat, baking paper, baking parchment, baking powder, baking sheet, baking soda, baking stone, baking tin, baking tray, blind baking, pie-baking, pie baking, pre-baking