bakery

[bey-kuh-ree, beyk-ree]

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noun, plural bak·er·ies.

Also called bake·shop [beyk-shop] /ˈbeɪkˌʃɒp/. a baker's shop.
a place where baked goods are made.

Origin of bakery

1535–45; baker + -y³; now taken as bake + -ery

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Related Words for bakery

confectionery

Examples from the Web for bakery

Contemporary Examples of bakery

He spent eight years cutting and pasting bakeries in different locations for [French bakery] Fauchon.
First Cronuts, Now Sundaes in a Can
Tim Teeman
August 1, 2014
The other is under a hefty oven in a bakery just a couple yards away.
Israel Had a Secret, Underground Bullet Factory
Nina Strochlic
July 18, 2014
Outside the bakery of Akram Shahmeh, 42, rocks are flying and tires are burning.
The Seeds of the Next Intifada
Jesse Rosenfeld
July 7, 2014
“My brother Khaled works in a bakery around the corner from the clashes,” Fathiya Salah Zeidan told The Daily Beast.
The Hanging Judge of Minya, Egypt, Sentences Hundreds to Death
Bel Trew
April 28, 2014
There was this location in Dresden that was the front of the bakery, that was overwhelmingly beautiful.
The Look of ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’
Andrew Romano
March 7, 2014

Historical Examples of bakery

He went into the bakery, his hat a-tilt, with the air of a conqueror.
The Trimming of Goosie
James Hopper
Some were picking up crumbs of bread which had been swept out from the bakery.
Winning His Way
Charles Carleton Coffin
Two waifs adrift in a storm, peering into a bakery window at the cookies.
Erik Dorn
Ben Hecht
The bakery was one of the few buildings that had been miraculously spared.
A Little Girl in Old Detroit
Amanda Minnie Douglas
It's almost as satisfyin' as walkin by the back door of a bakery when you're hungry.
Torchy
Sewell Ford

British Dictionary definitions for bakery

bakery

noun plural -eries

Also called: bakehouse a room or building equipped for baking
a shop in which bread, cakes, etc, are sold

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Word Origin and History for bakery

c.1820, "place for making bread;" see bake (v.) + -ery. Replaced earlier bakehouse (c.1400). As "shop where baked goods are sold" it was noted as an Americanism by British travelers from c.1830.