bake
pronunciation
How to pronounce bake in British English:
UK [beɪk]
How to pronounce bake in American English:
US [beɪk]
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- Verb:
- cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven
- prepare with dry heat in an oven
- heat by a natural force
Word Origin
- bake
- bake: [OE] The Old English verb bacan goes back to a prehistoric Germanic base *bak-, which also produced German backen, Dutch bakken, and Swedish baka; its ultimate source was the Indo-European base *bhog-, another descendant of which was Greek phógein ‘roast’. Derivatives of the English verb include batch [15], which comes from Old English *bæcce, literally ‘something baked’, and the name Baxter, which originally meant ‘female baker’.=> batch
- bake (v.)
- Old English bacan "to bake," from Proto-Germanic *bakan "to bake" (cognates: Old Norse baka, Middle Dutch backen, Old High German bahhan, German backen), from PIE *bheg- (source also of Greek phogein "to roast"), extended form of root *bhe- "to warm" (see bath). Related: Baked (Middle English had baken); baking. Baked beans attested by 1803.
- bake (n.)
- "social gathering at which baked food is served," 1846, American English, from bake (v.).
Example
- 1. She 's making him that tart she used to bake .
- 2. Place in the oven , and bake 15 minutes .
- 3. Note : if you don 't have individual custard cups , bake the batter in an 8-inch square baking dish ( or other shallow 2-quart baking dish ) for 30-35 minutes .
- 4. Mostly these bake pre-prepared items and frozen dough , and they have boomed even though central bakeries that deliver to a number of stores are much more efficient .
- 5. Bake the tofu for 20 minutes .