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bake-off

bake-off noun: a cooking contest, especially one where competition is head-to-head, not limited to preparing food involving baking.

Noun

bake-off (plural bake-offs)

  1. A cooking contest, especially one where competition is head-to-head, not limited to preparing food involving baking.
    • The winner of the Pillsbury bake-off is obviously a very good cook and is respected for it.
  2. (Multicultural-London-English, slang) An occasion of the preparation of crack cocaine.
    • Got weapons and rocks in the whip, I need to make prof
      Youngest chef in the game, throw your bands on the stove and we can have a bake-off2019 February 18, “Fire In The Booth” (1:23 from the start)performed by Tunde (UK)

Adjective

bake-off (not comparable)

  1. Prepared in advance, to be finished off by baking.
    • In its most speeded-up form, bake-off bread might need only a few minutes in the oven to give it a crust and some colour.2004, Wadebridge Ecological Centre, The Ecologist: Volume 34

Forms of bake-off

pluralbake-offs

Origin of bake-off

From bake + -off.

Questions about bake-off

What does bake-off mean?
Bake-off means a cooking contest, especially one where competition is head-to-head, not limited to preparing food involving baking.
What part of speech is bake-off?
Bake-off can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of bake-off?
The plural of bake-off is bake-offs.

Words near bake-off in the dictionary

  1. bake shops
  2. bake someone's bread
  3. bake something blind
  4. bake up
  5. bake-danuki
  6. bake-off
  7. bake-offs
  8. bakeability
  9. bakeable
  10. bakeaholic
  11. bakeaholics

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