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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.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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