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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

bake-off

what does bake off mean?
  

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A bake off is a cooking competition. Bake-off-- cooking contest: a service mark for a cooking contest during which contestants prepare their own recipes, especially baked goods, with the winners receiving prizes.

  • A bake off is a cooking competition.
  • Bake-off-- cooking contest: a service mark for a cooking contest during which contestants prepare their own recipes, especially baked goods, with the winners receiving prizes.
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A bake off is a cooking competition.

Bake-off-- cooking contest: a service mark for a cooking contest during which contestants prepare their own recipes, especially baked goods, with the winners receiving prizes.
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Yes, "off" seems to be used for various similar competitions:

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cook-off

Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): -s
Etymology: 2cook + -off (as in runoff)
: an organized cooking competition

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