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bakemeat

noun
variants: or baked meat

Definition of bakemeat

obsolete
: cooked usually baked food specifically : a meat pie

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First Known Use of bakemeat

15th century, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for bakemeat

Middle English bakemete, from baken to bake + mete food

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