bake mete

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From baken, bake (the past participle of baken (“to bake”)), and mete (“food”); thus literally "baked food".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaːk(ə)mɛːt(ə)/, /ˈbaːkənmɛːt(ə)/, /-mæːt(ə)/

Noun

bake mete (plural bake metes)

  1. Any kind of cooked food which has a pastry coating.

Descendants

  • English: bakemeat (obsolete)
  • Scots: bakement (reinterpreted)

References

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