bake mete

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === baken mete, bakun mete, bakemete === Etymology === From baken, bake (the past participle of baken (“to bake”)), and mete (“food”); thus literally "baked food". === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbaːk(ə)mɛ̞ːt(ə)/, /ˈbaːkənmɛ̞ːt(ə)/ === Noun === bake mete (plural bake metes) Any kind of cooked food which has a pastry coating. ==== Descendants ==== English: bakemeat (obsolete) Scots: bakement (reinterpreted) ==== References ==== “bāke(n mēte, bāke-mēte, phrase & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 18 October 2018.