bakehouse

[ beyk-hous ]

noun

, plural bake·hous·es [beyk, -hou-ziz].

1. a building or room to bake in; bakery.

bakehouse

/ ˈbeɪkˌhaʊs /

noun

1. another word for bakery

Word History and Origins

Origin of bakehouse¹

1250–1300; Middle English bak ( e ) hous; bake, house

Example Sentences

Here we went into their Bakehouse, and saw all the ovens at work, and good bread too, as ever I would desire to eat.

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A warm air wave, similar to that you expect on entering a bakehouse, met us just when we had passed the wooden partition.

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On Sunday, the work in this particular bakehouse is comparatively nil.

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I had it—by a visit to the bakehouse of my own baker, if possible, during the hours of work.

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From the open pane of the bakehouse window peeped a girl of about seventeen, holding a white roll in her hand.

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