underbake

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ bake.

Pronunciation

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Verb

underbake (third-person singular simple present underbakes, present participle underbaking, simple past and past participle underbaked)

1. (transitive) To bake insufficiently, or less than usual.

   Antonyms: overbake; burn, scorch

   Hypernyms: bake; undercook; underdo

   Coordinate terms: underroast; underboil

   The cookies were underbaked.

Related terms

• no-bake
• rebake
• unbaked, nonbaked