English Words Starting With B

• bakegoods

  nounLow
  /ˈbeɪkɡʊdz/General category of baked food products, especially as a collective term in commercial or retail contexts.
• bakehouse

  nounlow
  /ˈbeɪkhaʊs/A building or room where baking is done, especially bread or pastries, often as part of a commercial operation.
• bakelite

  nounLow
  /ˈbeɪkəlaɪt/An early type of hard, brittle plastic made from phenol and formaldehyde, known for being heat-resistant and electrically insulating.
• bakemeat

  nounVery Low / Archaic
  ˈbeɪkmiːtA historical term for a pie or pastry filled with meat or other ingredients, baked in a crust.
• baker

  nounB1
  /ˈbeɪ.kə(r)/A person whose occupation is making and selling bread and other baked goods, often from a shop called a bakery.
• baker island

  nounVery Low
  /ˈbeɪ.kə(r) ˈaɪ.lənd/A small, uninhabited coral atoll in the central Pacific Ocean, a United States Minor Outlying Island.
• baker lake

  nounLow
  /ˌbeɪ.kə ˈleɪk/A large lake in Nunavut, Canada, the primary settlement on its shore, and the name of that settlement (now officially called 'Baker Lake').
• baker's dozen

  nounC1
  /ˌbeɪ.kəz ˈdʌz.ən/A group of thirteen items.
• bakersfield

  nounLow (as a common reference outside geographical/ cultural contexts)
  /ˈbeɪ.kəz.fiːld/A proper noun, primarily the name of a city in California, USA.
• bakersheet

  nounLow
  /ˈbeɪkəʃiːt/A pan, typically rectangular, with shallow sides, used for baking.
• bakery

  nounB1
  /ˈbeɪ.kər.i/A place where bread, cakes, pastries, and sometimes other baked goods are made and sold.
• bakeware

  nounB1
  /ˈbeɪk.weə(r)/Pots, tins, trays, and other dishes designed for baking food in an oven.
• bakewell

  nounLow (proper noun; known mainly in culinary/UK contexts)
  /ˈbeɪkwɛl/A town in Derbyshire, England, famous for Bakewell pudding/tart.
• bakewell tart

  nounC1
  /ˈbeɪk.wɛl tɑːt/A traditional British dessert consisting of a shortcrust pastry case containing a layer of jam, topped with an almond-flavoured frangipane sponge.
• bakhtaran

  nounExtremely Low / Archaic
  /bɑːxˈtɑːrən/A former official name (1980s) for the city and region now called Kermanshah in western Iran, used during the period of the Iran-Iraq War.
• bakhtin

  nounLow
  /ˈbɑːxtɪn/A proper noun referring to the influential 20th-century Russian philosopher and literary theorist Mikhail Bakhtin.
• baking

  adjectivenounHigh
  /ˈbeɪkɪŋ/The process of cooking food using dry heat, especially in an oven.
• baking powder

  nounB1
  /ˈbeɪkɪŋ ˌpaʊdə/A dry chemical leavening agent used in baking to make dough or batter rise, typically containing sodium bicarbonate (baking soda), an acid salt (like cream of tartar), and a starch.
• baking sheet

  nounB1
  /ˈbeɪkɪŋ ʃiːt/A flat, rectangular metal tray used for baking food in an oven.
• baking soda

  nounB1
  /ˈbeɪkɪŋ ˈsəʊdə/A white crystalline powder, sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO₃), used as a leavening agent in baking.

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