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bake-off Definition

bake-off (bāk′ôf′)

noun

a cooking contest in which participants prepare their own recipes, as for a specified kind of cake

Etymology: prob. < Bake-Off, trademark for an annual baking contest first conducted by the Pillsbury Company in 1949, although similar formations such as playoff and runoff date from the 19th c.

bake-off Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • oven: It operates as part of an integrated system with one or more of Mono's BX bake-off ovens.

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