"bake sale" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-bake sale.wav Forms: bake sales [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bake sale (plural bake sales)
  1. A fundraising activity where baked goods are sold, with profits going to charity or some other good cause. Categories (topical): Philanthropy Categories (lifeform): Marijuana
    Sense id: en-bake_sale-en-noun-MF9W2IWs Disambiguation of Philanthropy: 91 9 Disambiguation of Marijuana: 74 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5
  2. (slang) A session of smoking marijuana. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-bake_sale-en-noun-WEjDqxQF

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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