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fake-bake

fake-bake noun: a tanning salon.

Noun

fake-bake (plural fake-bakes)

  1. (dated) A tanning salon.
  2. (dated) An artificial tan.
  3. An unbaked food item passed off as genuinely baked.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To get an artificial or sunless tan.

Forms of fake-bake

Noun
pluralfake-bakes
alternative formfake bake
Verb
third-person singular presentfake-bakes
present participlefake-baking
past participlefake-baked
pastfake-baked

Origin of fake-bake

From fake + bake.

Questions about fake-bake

What does fake-bake mean?
Fake-bake means a tanning salon.
What part of speech is fake-bake?
Fake-bake can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of fake-bake?
The plural of fake-bake is fake-bakes.

Words near fake-bake in the dictionary

  1. fake the fatcha
  2. fake the funk
  3. fake tree
  4. fake up
  5. fake-ass
  6. fake-bake
  7. fake-baked
  8. fake-bakes
  9. fake-baking
  10. fake-fan
  11. fake-fans

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