sunbaked

adjective

sun·​baked ˈsən-ˌbākt 

variants or sun-baked

1

: heated, parched, or compacted especially by excessive sunlight

2

: baked by exposure to sunshine

Examples of sunbaked in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Eventually, baseball—the sport of sunbaked afternoons, a sport made beautiful and strange by its exposure to the elements—may be unrecognizable. —Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2024

By mid-morning, the sunbaked terrace is flooded with tourists and townspeople drinking palest rosé before lunch service begins in earnest. —Sarah James, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Aug. 2024

Members of the lineage leading to and including Neanderthals lived roughly 430,000 to 40,000 years ago in environments from Siberia’s tundra to the sunbaked beaches of the Mediterranean. —Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2024

Precious water As early summer temperatures soar above 90 degrees along the sunbaked beachfront, water has become a precious resource. —Ghada Abdulfattah, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1628, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

sunbaked

adjective

sun·​baked ˈsən-ˌbākt 

1

: heated, parched, or compressed especially by too much sunlight

2

: baked by exposing to sunshine

sunbaked bricks