oven-baking

noun

UK /ˈʌvən ˌbeɪkɪŋ/

US /ˈʌvən ˌbeɪkɪŋ/

Cooking food with dry heat inside an oven.

Oven-baking the cookies made the whole kitchen smell sweet.

SYNONYMS

baking roasting oven-cooking dry-heat cooking

RELATED WORDS

oven baking tray bakeware heat recipe

OTHER MEANINGS

2. Drying or hardening something by putting it in an oven.

Oven-baking the clay pot made it hard and strong.

3. A method of preparing food such as fish or vegetables in an oven.

Oven-baking salmon with lemon is quick and healthy.

4. The process of finishing a painted or coated object with oven heat.

Oven-baking the car part gave the paint a tough finish.