Okuzeka
Culinary Arts & Cooking vocabulary · Kitchen Equipment

Loaf tin

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

nounCommon term

In culinary arts & cooking, loaf tin means: A deep rectangular baking container used for loaves of bread or cake.

In Turkish: baton kalıp, ekmek kalıbı

How it is used

Loaf pan is common in American English; capacity affects the finished shape.

Example sentences

  1. Pour the cake mixture into the prepared loaf tin.

    The rectangular container gives the cake a loaf shape.

  2. Two loaf tins held the dough for the sandwich bread.

    The plural identifies separate baking containers for the batch.

Common collocations

  • line a loaf tin
  • loaf pan
  • bakeTo cook food with dry heat in an oven, especially bread, cakes, pastry, biscuits and dishes covered with a crust or sauce.
  • ovenAn enclosed, heated box used for baking, roasting and keeping food warm. Professional kitchens use deck, convection and combi ovens.

More terms: Kitchen Equipment

Practise with graded reading

Reading at the right level is the fastest way to make new words stick. Pick free English books by level: