sunbaked
Americanadjective
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baked by exposure to the sun, as bricks.
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heated, dried, or hardened by the heat of the sun.
adjective
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(esp of roads, etc) dried or cracked by the sun's heat
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baked hard by the heat of the sun
sunbaked bricks
Etymology
Origin of sunbaked
1620–30; sun + baked ( def. )
Example Sentences
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McMurtry was born in 1936 in Archer City, a town of a few thousand on the sunbaked and featureless plains of north-central Texas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
Border Patrol buses arrived every hour at a sunbaked parking lot in San Diego.
From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2024
Wan said condensation from air-conditioning units – a staple in the sunbaked region – is recaptured as water for irrigation.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 8, 2023
Owing to the thick canopy and the remarkable ability of trees to absorb heat, food forests are refreshingly climate-controlled places to farm, compared to sunbaked plantations.
From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2023
We would spend hours in the sunbaked water, emerging with skin so tight it felt like if you smiled, your face would crack.
From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana
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