baking /ˈbeɪkɪŋ(ɡ)/noun 3adjective 2forms 1phrases 1 noun3 •An action in which something is baked.I’m going to do some baking this afternoon. •The production of a batch of baked product. •The way in which something is baked.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 adjective2 •That bakes. •(figurative) Of a person, an object, or the weather: very hot; boiling, broiling, roasting.I’m baking—could you open the window?The car was baking after having been parked in the sun the whole afternoon. formsbakings Phrases with baking baking hotVery hot.
