sunbaked

[ suhn-beykt ]

adjective

1. baked by exposure to the sun, as bricks.
2. heated, dried, or hardened by the heat of the sun.

sunbaked

/ ˈsʌnˌbeɪkt /

adjective

1. (esp of roads, etc) dried or cracked by the sun's heat
2. baked hard by the heat of the sun

   sunbaked bricks

Word History and Origins

Origin of sunbaked¹

1620–30; sun + baked ( def )

Example Sentences

The sunbaked Los Angeles of “Skincare” is not the glowing, golden fantasy that we often seen on screen, an impossibly beautiful escapist fantasy.

From Los Angeles Times

Border Patrol buses arrived every hour at a sunbaked parking lot in San Diego.

From New York Times

KRATIE, Cambodia — As Dr. Sreyleak Luch drove to work the morning of Feb. 8, through busy sunbaked streets in Cambodia’s Mekong river delta, she played the overnight voice messages from her team.

From Seattle Times

As Dr. Sreyleak Luch drove to work the morning of Feb. 8, through busy sunbaked streets in Cambodia’s Mekong river delta, she played the overnight voice messages from her team.

From New York Times

There was a time when “summer books” meant popcorn reads you consumed in a sunbaked afternoon — disposable books devoured and left behind for the next hotel room guest.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• arid
• parched
• scorched