bake 1 of 2

noun

Definition of bakenext
as in supper

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bake

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verb

as in to cremate

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Recent Examples of bake
Noun
Start with a lean cut, trim any visible fat, then grill, roast, bake, broil, air-fry, or slow-cook it. — Lindsey Desoto, HEALTH, 20 Aug. 2026 Cold, refreshing, and packed with flavor from fresh fruit, nut butter, or jam, these (often no-bake) treats are the sweetest way to cool off on a summer night. — Lizzy Briskin, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Aug. 2026 Sprinkle with sliced almonds and bake for 35-40 minutes until the cake is golden and a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean. — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026 Broil, bake, or grill fish and meat instead of deep-frying them. — Brandi Jones, Verywell Health, 18 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bake
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bake
  1. supper
  2. cremate
  3. tea
  4. incinerate
  5. cocktail party
  6. ignite
  7. mixer
  8. light
Noun
  • Since 1911, the event has brought together Italian and German volunteers who lovingly make meatballs and ravioli, and families and friends who sit at rows of long tables to enjoy the homemade supper.
    — Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The crab can do it all – serve as a beach dinner or part of the holiday supper.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of supper
Verb
  • Medical examiners typically cremate remains after a certain period of time if they are not claimed, which prevents family members from making an identification at a later time, Hess said.
    — Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The village’s daily rhythms are ordered by the passing trains—until a train arrives from Pakistan loaded with the corpses of Sikh refugees, and the community is made to cremate the dead.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
Definition of cremate
Noun
  • The bank had expected profit to decline on the back of higher raw material and tea leaf costs, as well as expenses related to the company’s vending machine business.
    — Jenny Lee, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Some investors, trying to read the tea leaves, interpreted that as a potential warning that more conservative guidance is on the horizon, implying that a turnaround will likely take more time.
    — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of tea
Verb
  • The truck eventually explodes, seemingly incinerating the T-1000.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026
  • There’s Spokane, the growing eastern Washington city of 230,000 where fires this summer incinerated more than 800 structures.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of incinerate
Noun
  • His cutlery’s subtly unusual proportions manage to be elegant and playful at the same time, like that perfect joke that lands gracefully at a cocktail party, where everyone laughs and nobody chortles.
    — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
  • On Friday afternoon, Disney’s marketing team hosted a cocktail party for influencers.
    — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of cocktail party
Verb
  • The explosion, which involved more than a million pounds of fireworks, killed seven people and ignited a 78-acre wildfire.
    — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 31 Aug. 2026
  • While Alaska’s smokejumpers waited for thunderheads to ignite fires, several of them worked in the loft, an airy room crammed with sewing machines and bolts of fabric on long tables.
    — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of ignite
Noun
  • Step 3 Reduce mixer speed to low and, with motor running, gradually add dry ingredients to butter mixture; beat, stopping and scraping down sides and bottom of bowl as needed, until just combined.
    — Rick Martinez, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 Aug. 2026
  • With mixer on low speed, add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately to butter mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture, beating just until combined after each addition.
    — Torie Cox, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of mixer
Verb
  • During the first hour, pine grove owners urged fire commanders to light a backfire a few hundred yards from Le Porge.
    — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Down the hall, his girlfriend examines her birth chart, lights the palo santo and wonders whether Mercury is going to wreck her Tuesday.
    — Ryan Zickgraf, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of light

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