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bake out

C1 neutral separable transitive
In simple words

To heat something up for a long time so that any bad smells, chemicals, or moisture come out of it.

Literal meaning: To bake something outward — fairly transparent in technical contexts.

Meanings

1 C1 neutral

To heat an oven, chamber, or material at high temperature to remove residual chemicals, oils, or moisture before use.

"You should bake out a new oven before cooking in it to burn off factory coatings."

Grammar: separable
2 C1 formal

(Engineering/science) To apply heat to a device or component to drive out absorbed gases or moisture.

"The engineers baked out the vacuum chamber overnight before running the experiment."

Grammar: separable
Usage notes

Common in industrial, scientific, and engineering contexts. For example, new ovens are often 'baked out' before first use to remove manufacturing residues. Also used in vacuum technology and electronics.

Commonly used with

oven chamber moisture residue vacuum contaminants

Forms

Base
bake out
I/you/we/they
3rd person
bakes out
he/she/it
Past simple
baked out
yesterday
Past participle
baked out
have + pp
-ing form
baking out
continuous

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Synonyms

heat out purge degas cure season dry out

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