1. dried, hardened, or cracked by exposure to the sun’s heat
2. very hot from exposure to intense sunlight

Examples

• The sunbaked earth cracked under our feet as we walked across the desert.
• After weeks without rain, the sunbaked clay became as hard as concrete.
• We sought shade from the sunbaked pavement that burned through our shoes.
• The sunbaked adobe walls of the old mission gleamed in the afternoon light.
• Farmers worried about their crops in the sunbaked fields.
• The sunbaked rocks were too hot to touch even in the evening.
• She applied sunscreen before walking on the sunbaked beach.