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baking

/ˈbeɪkɪŋ/noun

उच्चारण बेकिंग

(ओवन में) बेकिंग, सेंकना

Basic word

noun
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    [U]

    the process of cooking bread, cakes and similar food in an oven

    (ओवन में) बेकिंग, सेंकना

    • Radhika loves baking and makes a cake every Sunday.
    • baking powder
    • Baking needs patience and careful measuring.
    + 2 more examples
    • She bought flour and baking powder for the cake.
    • Baking bread at home became popular during the lockdown.
adjective
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    [only before noun] informal

    extremely hot

    बहुत गरम, तपता हुआ

    • a baking hot day in May
    • The room was baking.
    • It was a baking afternoon in Rajasthan.
    + 2 more examples
    • I can't stay in this baking classroom any longer.
    • Drink plenty of water on baking days.

    Synonyms scorching sweltering boiling roasting

    Opposite freezing

§Structures (grammar patterns) 5

baking (uncountable noun)

Baking is the process or activity of cooking in an oven, so it is uncountable: Radhika enjoys baking.

Baking oven में पकाने की प्रक्रिया या गतिविधि है, इसलिए यह uncountable है: Radhika enjoys baking।

  • Baking needs patience.
  • He does all the baking for the family.

baking (adjective) = extremely hot

As an adjective, baking means very hot, usually about weather. It often comes with hot: baking hot.

Adjective के रूप में baking का अर्थ बहुत गर्म है, प्रायः मौसम के लिए। यह अक्सर hot के साथ आता है: baking hot।

  • It was a baking afternoon in Jaipur.
  • The baking sun made everyone tired.

baking + noun

Baking comes before many nouns for ingredients and tools: baking powder, baking soda, baking tray, baking tin.

Baking अनेक सामग्रियों और औज़ारों के noun से पहले आता है: baking powder, baking soda, baking tray, baking tin।

  • Add a spoonful of baking powder.
  • Grease the baking tray with butter.

baking + time / temperature

Use baking time and baking temperature to talk about how long and how hot.

कितनी देर और कितनी गर्मी के लिए 'baking time' और 'baking temperature' का प्रयोग होता है।

  • The baking time is thirty minutes.
  • Set the baking temperature at 180 degrees.

baking vs bake / baked

Baking is the noun or adjective form. Bake is the verb, and baked is the past form or an adjective: a baked potato, baking soda.

Baking noun या adjective रूप है। Bake क्रिया है, और baked भूतकाल रूप या adjective है: a baked potato, baking soda।

  • Baking soda is not the same as baking powder.
  • A baked potato is a healthy lunch.
+Collocations 4

baking + ingredient

powdersodafloursugarbutter

  • Baking soda makes the dough rise.

Baking के साथ सामग्री।

baking + equipment

traytindishpaperoven

  • Line the baking tin with paper.

Baking के साथ औज़ार।

adjective + baking

homecarefulslowweekend

  • Weekend baking is her favourite hobby.

Baking के साथ adjective।

baking hot

baking hotbaking sunbaking heatbaking day

  • The baking heat made the road shimmer.
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  • Baking a cake takes time, patience and a good oven.

केक बनाने में समय, धैर्य और एक अच्छे oven की ज़रूरत होती है।

  • Radhika added a spoonful of baking powder to the flour.

राधिका ने आटे में एक चम्मच baking powder डाला।

  • It was a baking afternoon and the streets were empty.

दोपहर बहुत गर्म थी और सड़कें खाली थीं।

  • The baking time depends on the size of the cake.

पकाने का समय केक के आकार पर निर्भर करता है।

  • Grease the baking tray lightly with butter before use.

उपयोग से पहले baking tray पर हल्का मक्खन लगा दें।

  • Baking is a popular hobby among college students.

Baking कॉलेज के विद्यार्थियों का लोकप्रिय शौक है।

  • The baking powder had expired, so the cake did not rise.

baking powder की तारीख़ निकल चुकी थी, इसलिए केक फूला नहीं।

  • Radhika turned her love of baking into a small business.

राधिका ने baking के अपने शौक को छोटा व्यवसाय बना लिया।

≠Thesaurus: which synonym when

Baking powder and baking soda both make cakes rise, but they are not the same.

Baking powder और baking soda दोनों केक को फुलाते हैं, पर दोनों एक नहीं हैं।

baking powder

A mix that already contains an acid, so it works on its own with liquid.

एक मिश्रण जिसमें पहले से अम्ल होता है, इसलिए वह तरल के साथ अपने आप काम करता है।

  • Add a spoon of baking powder.

baking soda

Pure sodium bicarbonate; it needs an acid like curd or lemon to work.

शुद्ध सोडियम बाइकार्बोनेट; इसे काम करने के लिए दही या नींबू जैसे अम्ल की ज़रूरत होती है।

  • Use baking soda with curd.
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