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bake something blind

bake something blind verb: to bake an unfilled pie crust or tart shell.

Verb

bake something blind (third-person singular simple present bakes something blind, present participle baking something blind, simple past and past participle baked something blind)

  1. (idiomatic, uncommon) To bake an unfilled pie crust or tart shell.
    • Brush a pastry case with egg white before baking it blind. This will prevent it from going soggy when the contents are added.1982, Lizzie Evans, 1000 Handy Household Hints, page 141
    • He had prepared the pastry-case two days ago and baked it blind in a hot oven, the pastry weighted with beans so it would not fluff up.1989, David Hughes, Robin Baird-Smith, Winter's Tales, Volume 5, page 160

Forms of bake something blind

third-person singular presentbakes something blind
present participlebaking something blind
past participlebaked something blind
pastbaked something blind

Words formed from bake something blind

Questions about bake something blind

What does bake something blind mean?
Bake something blind means to bake an unfilled pie crust or tart shell.
What part of speech is bake something blind?
Bake something blind is a verb.
What is the past tense of bake something blind?
The past tense of bake something blind is baked something blind.

Words near bake something blind in the dictionary

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

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