sunbaked
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Definition
Adjective: 1. Baked or hardened by exposure to sunlight: Describes something that has become dry, hard, or solid due to prolonged exposure to the sun's heat. 2. Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight: Describes land or soil that is extremely dry and parched from the sun.
Usage Examples
- The sunbaked clay was perfect for making pottery.
- They walked across the sunbaked plains, feeling the heat rise through their shoes.
- The sunbaked ground was too hard to dig without tools.
Advanced Usage
- "sunbaked earth": A common collocation describing dry, cracked soil.
- Nothing grew in the sunbaked earth after the long drought.
- Used figuratively to describe something that feels intensely hot or dry.
- He longed for a drink after a day in the sunbaked city.
Variants and Related Words
- Sun-dried (adj): Dried by the sun, often used for food (e.g., sun-dried tomatoes). Implies a deliberate process, whereas "sunbaked" often describes a natural state.
- Parched (adj): Dried out with heat, extremely thirsty. Can describe land or a person.
- Scorched (adj): Burned or discolored by intense heat.
Synonyms
- Baked
- Parched
- Desiccated
- Arid
- Adust (literary)
Related Phrases
- Sun-baked: A hyphenated variant, often used attributively before a noun (e.g., sun-baked terrain).
- Baked by the sun: A descriptive phrase with a similar meaning.
Notes on Meaning
The word emphasizes the process and effect of the sun's heat. It does not imply burning or charring, but rather a thorough drying and hardening. It is most commonly applied to earth, soil, clay, mud-brick, and similar materials.
Adjective
- baked or hardened by exposure to sunlight; not burned
- sunbaked adobe bricks
- dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight
- a vast desert all adust
- land lying baked in the heat
- parched soil
- the earth was scorched and bare
- sunbaked salt flats