| baking powder |
a powder that is used to raise dough or batter during baking. |
| baking soda |
a white powder used to raise dough or batter during baking. It is also used to settle an upset stomach. |
| base hit |
in baseball, a hit that allows the batter to get on base safely, without an error or force-out being made. |
| base on balls |
in baseball, an advance to first base taken by a batter to whom four balls have been pitched. (See walk.) |
| bat1 |
to take one's turn in baseball as a batter. [1/3 definitions] |
| batter2 |
a thick mixture of flour, eggs, liquid, and other things. Batter is used to make things such as cake. |
| cake |
a sweet food made of batter and cooked in an oven. [1/4 definitions] |
| catcher |
the player who is behind the batter at home plate in baseball or softball. The catcher catches balls thrown by the pitcher. |
| chicken-fried |
dipped in batter or coated with flour and seasonings and fried. |
| double |
a hit in baseball that allows the batter to reach second base. [1/13 definitions] |
| fielder's choice |
in baseball, a fielder's decision, on a batted ground ball, to put out a base runner instead of the batter. |
| fish and chips |
fried, usu. batter-coated fillets of fish and French-fried potatoes. |
| flapjack |
a flat cake made of batter and cooked in a pan; pancake. |
| fungo |
in baseball practice sessions, a ball tossed into the air by the batter to be hit to a fielder as it comes back down. |
| hit-and-run |
designating or pertaining to a prearranged baseball play in which a runner begins to advance to the next base as the batter tries to hit the ball. [1/2 definitions] |
| home plate |
a flat slab of hard rubber at which the batter stands in a baseball game. The base runner must touch home plate in order to score a run. |
| home run |
a hit that allows the batter in a baseball game to touch all four bases and score a run. |
| hush puppy |
a small cake or fritter of deep-fried cornmeal batter. |
| leaven |
to produce fermentation in (dough or batter), consequently causing the dough or batter to rise in the process of baking. [2/4 definitions] |
| leavening |
an agent such as yeast or baking powder that causes the formation of carbon dioxide gas in batter or dough, causing it to expand and rise. [1/2 definitions] |
| marble cake |
a cake having a streaked or marbled appearance, made by partly mixing together a light and a dark batter. |