baking stone

noun

: a flat stone or ceramic tile that is placed in an oven for use as a baking surface

… place a baking stone on the oven's center rack.

—Lowell Sun (Massachusetts), 4 Nov. 2009

Word History

First Known Use

1974, in the meaning defined above

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