rebake

Cook twice over

To rebake is to bake something again, typically to restore crispness or finish cooking: I rebaked the bread to crisp up the crust.

The term appears in baking instructions when items need a second pass through the oven, or when reviving day-old pastries.

literal

oven

Enclosed cooking chamber

timer · crust · golden · crisp · soften · revive · stale · leftover · warm · refresh

correction

fix

Repair or solution

  • redoPerform once more
  • retryAttempt something again
  • adjustChange to fit better

tweak · modify · revise · rework · remake · correct · improve · salvage · sunken · collapsed

metaphor

second-chance

Renewed opportunity after failing

retry · renewal · reinvention · restart · revival · rethink · revisit · reconsider · reattempt · perseverance

Categories
Opposites
cooking method

rebakemicrowave

Radiation-based kitchen heater

nuke · steam · boil · fry · freeze

repetition/sequence

rebakebake

Cook using dry heat

Family

prebake, prebaked, prebaking, rebaked, rebakes, rebaking

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G