sunbaked

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sun·baked

(sŭn′bākt′)

adj.

Baked, dried, or hardened by exposure to sunlight: sunbaked bricks; the sunbaked salt flats.

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sunbaked

(ˈsʌnˌbeɪkt)

adj

1. (Physical Geography) (esp of roads, etc) dried or cracked by the sun's heat

2. baked hard by the heat of the sun: sunbaked bricks.

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sun•baked

(ˈsʌnˌbeɪkt)

adj.

1. baked by exposure to the sun, as bricks.

2. heated, dried, or hardened by the heat of the sun.

[1620–30]

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Adj.	1.	sunbaked - dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight; "a vast desert all adust"; "land lying baked in the heat"; "parched soil"; "the earth was scorched and bare"; "sunbaked salt flats" adust, baked, parched, scorched dry - free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet; "dry land"; "dry clothes"; "a dry climate"; "dry splintery boards"; "a dry river bed"; "the paint is dry"
	2.	sunbaked - baked or hardened by exposure to sunlight; not burned; "sunbaked adobe bricks" tempered, toughened, hardened, treated - made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment; "a sword of tempered steel"; "tempered glass"

Translations

sunbaked

[ˈsʌnbeɪkt] ADJ → endurecido al sol

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