Christmas Baking Word Search
A free Christmas Baking word search you can play straight in the browser. The 12-word list draws on the terms and ideas of a school subject, hidden across a 15×15 grid in every direction. Drag through the letters to mark a word off.
Words to find: CHRISTMAS, HOLIDAY, COOKIES, CAKE, BREAD, FROSTING, CINNAMON, GINGER, NUTMEG, VANILLA, CHOCOLATE, BUTTER.
Words run in any of eight directions, backwards included — if one refuses to turn up, try reading the grid right to left.
Christmas Baking word list, defined
General dictionary meanings, not specific to this puzzle's theme.
- HOLIDAY /ˈhɒlədeɪ/ (British English); /ˈhɑːlədeɪ/ (American English) · noun, verb
- A day or period of time away from work, school, or ordinary duties, taken for rest, leisure, or travel; also a designated day of celebration or commemoration. Related: vacation, leave, break, time off.
- COOKIES /ˈkʊkiz/ · noun
- Cookies are the plural of cookie: small, flat, sweet baked treats made from flour, sugar, butter, and often chocolate chips, nuts, or dried fruit. In computing, cookies also refers to small pieces of data a website stores in a user's browser to remember information between visits. Related: biscuits, treats, snacks.
- CAKE /keɪk/ · noun
- A sweet baked food made from flour, sugar, eggs, and other ingredients such as butter or flavouring, typically round, layered, and frosted. More broadly, a flat, compressed block of a soft substance. Related: gateau, torte, pastry, dessert.
- BREAD /brɛd/ · noun
- A staple food made from flour or meal mixed with water and yeast, baked into loaves or flat shapes. Informally, it also means money or a livelihood. Related: loaf, staff of life, sustenance, dough.
- FROSTING /ˈfrɒstɪŋ/ (British), /ˈfrɔːstɪŋ/ (US) · noun
- A sweet, creamy mixture, typically made from sugar and butter or other fat, spread over or piped onto cakes, cupcakes, and pastries as a topping or filling. In British English the term 'icing' is more common for this substance. Related: icing, topping, glaze, buttercream.
- CINNAMON /ˈsɪnəmən/ · noun
- A sweet, aromatic spice made from the dried inner bark of tropical trees of the genus Cinnamomum, used whole or ground in cooking and baking. Related: cassia.
- GINGER /ˈdʒɪndʒər/ · noun, adjective, verb
- Ginger is the pungent, aromatic underground rhizome of a tropical plant, used fresh or dried as a spice, flavoring, and herbal remedy. The word can also denote the plant itself, a reddish-brown color, a lively or enterprising person, and, informally, the act of enlivening or stirring up. Related: gingerroot, live wire, stirrer, go-getter.
- NUTMEG /ˈnʌt.mɛɡ/ · noun
- The dried seed of the tropical tree Myristica fragrans, used whole or grated as a pungent, aromatic spice. The fresh, unground seed is also called nutmeg. Related: spice, seed, kernel.
- VANILLA /vəˈnɪlə/ · noun and adjective
- As a noun, vanilla refers to the pods of a tropical orchid, a flavoring prepared from them, or ice cream flavored with them. As an adjective, it means plain, standard, conventional, or lacking distinctive features. Related: plain, standard, conventional, ordinary.
- CHOCOLATE /ˈtʃɒklət/ · noun
- A food preparation made from roasted and ground cacao seeds, typically combined with sugar and often milk, eaten as a confection or used as a flavouring; also the drink made by dissolving it in hot water or milk. Related: cocoa, candy, confectionery, sweet.
- BUTTER /ˈbʌtər/ · noun
- A soft yellow solid made from cream by churning, used as a spread and in cooking; also a verb meaning to spread or coat something with butter. Related: margarine, ghee, spread, oleo.
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