bake-off Hear it!

bake-off Definition

bake-off (bākôf′)

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.

Browse dictionary entries near bake-off

  1. bake
  2. Baja California
  3. baize
  4. baiza
  5. baitfish
  6. bait rod
  7. bait-casting
  8. bait-and-switch
  9. bait
  10. bairn
  1. baked
  2. baked Alaska
  3. baked beans
  4. Bakelite
  5. baker
  6. Baker, Jake Case
  7. baker's dozen
  8. baker's yeast
  9. Bakersfield
  10. bakery