Overbake

Quick meaning: Overbake is a verb meaning (transitive) To bake too much: for too long, at too high a temperature, or both.

Meaning

(transitive) To bake too much: for too long, at too high a temperature, or both.

Example Sentences

And when they came out of the oven, they were that overbaked the crusts were too hard to eat.

It’s for an eight-inch pan, and the only thing you need to fear is overbaking; somewhere between 20 and 25 minutes is just about right.

Word Forms

• overbakes
• overbaking
• overbaked

Antonyms for overbake

Common opposites include underbake.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include overcook, overdo, overprove, overburn, overbrew, overproof.

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