English Explanatory Dictionary

bakery

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A place in which bread (and often other baked goods such as cakes) is baked and/or sold.
  2. The trade of a baker.
  3. Baked goods.

Pronunciation

/ˈbeɪ.kə.ɹi/ /ˈbeɪk.ɹi/ en-us-bakery.ogg

Word forms

bakery bakeries

Etymology

From bake + -ery (“place of”). Replaced earlier bakehouse. Originally "place for making bread"; as "shop where baked goods are sold", it was believed by British travelers by 1832 to be an American-invented term.

Synonyms

bakehouse bakeshop baker's baking

Related words

bake baker

Derived words

bakeryful bakery paper bakery release paper barkery couldn't organise a bun fight in a bakery erotic bakery microbakery
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