bakery

noun

bak·​ery ˈbā-k(ə-)rē How to pronounce bakery (audio)
plural bakeries
: a place for baking or selling baked goods

Examples of bakery in a Sentence

They work at a bakery.
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In the middle of the neatly crammed bakery kitchen, which smells of sugar and butter and yeast, is a double-wide butcher-block table for preparing breads and pastries. Betty Hallock, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024 Greige Patisserie: The Walker’s Point bakery is offering Thanksgiving desserts for your table. Elaine Rewolinski, Journal Sentinel, 4 Nov. 2024 The space will include 687 new parking spaces and feature tire sales and installation, a general grocery section, a retail store, pharmacy and bakery, among other services. Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 30 Oct. 2024 The 19-year-old Walmart employee who was found dead inside a Canada store bakery’s walk-in oven has been identified as Gursimran Kaur, according to a GoFundMe page created by a member of the Maritime Sikh Society in Halifax. Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bakery 

Word History

First Known Use

1598, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bakery was in 1598

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“Bakery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bakery. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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bakery

noun
bak·​ery ˈbā-k(ə-)rē How to pronounce bakery (audio)
plural bakeries
: a place where bread, cakes, and pastry are made or sold

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