baking
/ˈbeɪkɪŋ(ɡ)/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.92 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
That bakes.
Example Sentences
- "baking bread; baking clay; baking dish"
- "I’m baking—could you open the window?"
- "The car was baking after having been parked in the sun the whole afternoon."
- "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."
- "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."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: bakynge
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Food.