bakery

[ bey-kuh-ree, beyk-ree ]

/ ˈbeɪ kə ri, ˈbeɪk ri /

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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.

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Origin of bakery

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

Words nearby bakery

Baker, Josephine, Baker Lake, baker's dozen, Bakersfield, bakersheet, bakery, bake sale, bakeware, Bakewell, Bakewell tart, bakgat

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How to use bakery in a sentence

There were still acorn factories in the backyard and Play-Doh bakeries on the kitchen table, but the workers at the factory began wearing masks and the bakery became “curbside pickup only.”
Covid has invaded our kids’ pretend play. Experts say it’s a good thing.|Julia Pelly|November 23, 2020|Washington Post
Kempczinski says the company is making small twists to certain items like its spicy line of McNuggets, which it launched in September, or offering products that don’t add a lot of complexity, such as new bakery items like apple fritters.
McDonald’s responds to the pandemic with faster drive-thrus, loyalty points, and a new chicken sandwich|Beth Kowitt|November 9, 2020|Fortune
This time around, as a food business, the bakery can and will stay open.
As COVID spreads across Europe, a weary continent goes back into lockdown|David Meyer|November 7, 2020|Fortune
In seeking an explanation, we learned that the inmate-staffed central bakery was shut down for safety reasons, prompting the state to purchase bread as an alternative.
The Questionable Line Items of Illinois’ COVID-19 Spending|by Ash Ngu|October 29, 2020|ProPublica

Back in the spring, as the economy in Texas began to shut down, Three Brothers was allowed to stay open, since a bakery is considered an essential service.
Many Businesses Thought They Were Insured for a Pandemic. They Weren’t. (Ep. 437)|Stephen J. Dubner|October 29, 2020|Freakonomics
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|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
Magnolia Bakery, Georgetown Cupcake, and Sprinkles were all gaining scale.
The Cupcake Boom’s Sugar High Finally Crashes|Daniel Gross|July 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
“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|DAILY BEAST
Many dyers' furnaces, a little silver refinery, and perhaps a bakery have also been noticed.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various
In Fig. 111 are shown the ruins of a Pompeian bakery with several mills in connection with it.
The Private Life of the Romans|Harold Whetstone Johnston
But I shall do my duty, although I am less at home with the lance or the sword than with the poker of the furnace in my bakery.
The Pilgrim's Shell or Fergan the Quarryman|Eugne Sue
The wall painting (Fig. 113) of a salesroom of a bakery, also found in Pompeii, gives a good idea of the appearance of the bread.
The Private Life of the Romans|Harold Whetstone Johnston
Mrs. Nicolson is the presiding genius of the bakery, she is more—she is the bakery itself.
Penelope's Experiences in Scotland|Kate Douglas Wiggin

British Dictionary definitions for bakery

bakery

/ (ˈbeɪkərɪ) /

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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