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Bake-Off

American  
[beyk-awf, -of] / ˈbeɪkˌɔf, -ˌɒf /
Trademark.
  1. a baking contest in which competitors gather to prepare their specialties for judging.


Etymology

Origin of Bake-Off

bake + -off

Example Sentences

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There is, of course, plenty of good-natured reality TV like "Great British Bake-Off" or "Queer Eye."

From Salon • May 23, 2025

Adapted from a Pillsbury Bake-Off recipe from 1963, it’s a tender-crumbed Bundt cake with a twist.

From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2023

Her recipe was a riff on the famous Pillsbury Bake-Off Tunnel of Fudge Cake, and I had some ideas for how I’d go about using the framework to create my own ideal cake.

From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2022

Restauranteur and Great British Bake-Off judge Prue Leith called it "a compelling and overdue plan of action" which, if adopted, would put "our food system on the right path to health and prosperity".

From BBC • Jul. 15, 2021

She even won five hundred dollars from a Pillsbury Bake-Off contest.

From "The Skin I'm In" by Sharon G. Flake