underbake

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verb

To bake insufficiently, or less than usual.

“The cookies were underbaked.”

Opposite
overbakeburnscorch
OriginEnglish bake ← Middle English baken ← Old English bacan →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person underbakes · participle present underbaking · participle past underbaked · past underbaked

  1. transitiveTo bake insufficiently, or less than usual.

    The cookies were underbaked.

    Antonyms: overbake, burn, scorch

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo bake insufficiently, or less than usual.

Opposite
overbakeburnscorch

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
  7. Proto-Germanic*under
  8. Proto-West Germanic*undar
  9. Old Englishunder-
  10. Middle Englishunder-
  11. Englishunder-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₃g-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*bʰh₃g-
  14. Proto-Germanic*bakaną
  15. Proto-West Germanic*bakan
  16. Old Englishbacan
  17. Middle Englishbaken
  18. Englishbake
  19. Englishunderbake

From under- + bake.

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Chicago

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