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5 → see also baking

ba ked bea ns N‑PLURAL Baked beans are dried beans cooked in tomato sauce in Britain or cooked with salt pork in North America. Baked beans are usually sold in cans.

Ba|ke|lite /be I kəla I t/ N‑UNCOUNT Bakelite is a type of hard plastic that was used in the past for making things such as telephones and radios. [TRADEMARK ]

bak|er /be I kə ^r / (bakers )

1 N‑COUNT A baker is a person whose job is to bake and sell bread, pastries, and cakes.

2 N‑COUNT A baker or a baker's is a shop where bread and cakes are sold. □  They're freshly baked. I fetched them from the baker's this morning.

bak|ery /be I kəri/ (bakeries ) N‑COUNT A bakery is a building where bread, pastries, and cakes are baked, or the shop where they are sold.

bake|ware /be I kweə ^r / N‑UNCOUNT Tins, trays, and dishes that are used for baking can be referred to as bakeware .

bak|ing /be I k I ŋ/

1 ADJ [usu ADJ n] You can use baking to describe weather or a place that is very hot indeed. □  …a baking July day. □  The coffins stood in the baking heat surrounded by mourners. □  …the baking Jordanian desert. ● ADV [ADV adj] Baking is also an adverb. □  …the baking hot summer of 1969.

2 → see also bake

ba k|ing pow|der (baking powders ) N‑VAR Baking powder is an ingredient used in cake making. It causes cakes to rise when they are in the oven.

ba k|ing sheet (baking sheets ) N‑COUNT A baking sheet is a flat piece of metal on which you bake foods such as biscuits or pies in an oven.

ba k|ing soda N‑UNCOUNT Baking soda is the same as bicarbonate of soda .

ba k|ing tray (baking trays ) N‑COUNT A baking tray is the same as a baking sheet . [BRIT ]

bala|cla|va /bæ ləklɑː və/ (balaclavas ) N‑COUNT A balaclava is a tight woollen hood that covers every part of your head except your face.

bal|ance ◆◆◇ /bæ ləns/ (balances , balancing , balanced )

1 VERB If you balance something somewhere, or if it balances there, it remains steady and does not fall. □ [V prep/adv] I balanced on the ledge. □ [V n prep/adv] He balanced a football on his head.

2 N‑UNCOUNT Balance is the ability to remain steady when you are standing up. □  The medicines you are currently taking could be affecting your balance.

3 VERB If you balance one thing with something different, each of the things has the same strength or importance. □ [V n + with ] Balance spicy dishes with mild ones. □ [V n] The state has got to find some way to balance these two needs. □ [V ] Supply and demand on the currency market will generally balance. ●  bal|anced ADJ [usu adv ADJ ] □  This book is a well balanced biography.

4 N‑SING A balance is a situation in which all the different parts are equal in strength or importance. □ [+ between ] Their marriage is a delicate balance between traditional and contemporary values. □  …the ecological balance of the forest.

5 N‑SING If you say that the balance tips in your favour, you start winning or succeeding, especially in a conflict or contest. □  …a powerful new gun which could tip the balance of the war in their favour.

6 VERB If you balance one thing against another, you consider its importance in relation to the other one. □ [V n + against ] She carefully tried to balance religious sensitivities against democratic freedom.

7 VERB If someone balances their budget or if a government balances the economy of a country, they make sure that the amount of money that is spent is not greater than the amount that is received. □ [V n] He balanced his budgets by rigid control over public expenditure.