Food & drink pronunciation

bake

/beɪk/

IPA
/beɪk/
Path
/food/bake/

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Meaning

noun

The act of cooking food by baking.

noun

Any of various baked dishes resembling casserole.

noun

A social event at which food (such as seafood) is baked, or at which baked food is served.

noun

(Barbadian, sometimes US and UK) A small, flat (or ball-shaped) cake of dough eaten in Barbados and sometimes elsewhere, similar in appearance and ingredients to a pancake but fried (or in some places sometimes roasted).

noun

Any item that is baked.

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