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underbake

underbake verb: to bake insufficiently, or less than usual.

Verb

underbake (third-person singular simple present underbakes, present participle underbaking, simple past and past participle underbaked)

  1. (transitive) To bake insufficiently, or less than usual.
    • The cookies were underbaked.
    Antonyms:
    overbake, burn, scorch

Antonyms of underbake

Forms of underbake

third-person singular presentunderbakes
present participleunderbaking
past participleunderbaked
pastunderbaked

Origin of underbake

From under- + bake.

Questions about underbake

What does underbake mean?
Underbake means to bake insufficiently, or less than usual.
What part of speech is underbake?
Underbake is a verb.
What is the past tense of underbake?
The past tense of underbake is underbaked.

Words near underbake in the dictionary

  1. underawing
  2. underback
  3. underbacks
  4. underbailiff
  5. underbailiffs
  6. underbake
  7. underbaked
  8. underbakes
  9. underbaking
  10. underbalanced
  11. underballast

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