"overbake" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: overbakes [present, singular, third-person], overbaking [participle, present], overbaked [participle, past], overbaked [past]
Etymology: From over- + bake. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|bake|pos=verb}} over- + bake Head templates: {{en-verb}} overbake (third-person singular simple present overbakes, present participle overbaking, simple past and past participle overbaked)
  1. (transitive) To bake too much: for too long, at too high a temperature, or both. Tags: transitive Hypernyms: bake, overcook, overdo Related terms: rebake Coordinate_terms: overroast, burn, scorch, overboil, overfry, overbroil Translations (to bake for too long): túlsüt (Hungarian), spiekać [imperfective] (Polish), spiec [perfective] (Polish)

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