bak

n. The process, or result, of baking. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To do the work of baking something; as, she brews, washes, and bakes. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be baked; to become dry and hard in heat; as, the bread bakes; the ground bakes in the hot sun. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 2. dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight.
Syn. -- adust, parched, scorched, sunbaked. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. cooked with dry heat in an oven; -- of bread and pastries. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. A pie; baked food. [ Obs. ] Gen. xl. 17. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. bæchūs. See Bake, v. t., and House. ] A house for baking; a bakery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a thermosetting plastic used in electric insulators and for making plastic ware and telephone receivers etc. [ trademark ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

p. p. of Bake. [ Obs. or Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. bæcere. See Bake, v. t. ] 1. One whose business it is to bake bread, biscuit, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A portable oven in which baking is done. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A baker's dozen, thirteen. --
Baker foot, a distorted foot. [ Obs. ] Jer. Taylor. --
Baker's itch, a rash on the back of the hand, caused by the irritating properties of yeast. --
Baker's salt, the subcarbonate of ammonia, sometimes used instead of soda, in making bread. [ 1913 Webster ]