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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fake-bake

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.84 in modern English

Syllables
fake-bake
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tanning salon.

Dated

noun

An artificial tan.

Dated

noun

An unbaked food item passed off as genuinely baked.

verb

To get an artificial or sunless tan.

Intransitive verb

Etymology

From fake + bake.

Usage

Inflected Forms

fake-bakes (plural) fake bake (alternative) fake-bakes (present, singular) fake-baking (participle, present) fake-baked (participle, past) fake-baked (past)

Questions

What does fake-bake mean?
A tanning salon.
Where does fake-bake come from?
From fake + bake.

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