noun
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Also called: bakehouse. a room or building equipped for baking
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a shop in which bread, cakes, etc, are sold
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Etymology
Origin of bakery
Explanation
A bakery is a shop that sells bread and other baked goods. Your neighborhood bakery might specialize in frosted cupcakes. Some bakeries are storefronts selling a selection of pies, cakes, breads, and cookies, while others are simply places where these items are made, to be sold in other shops. People who work in a bakery are bakers — their work involves mixing batter, kneading dough, and cooking baked goods in hot ovens. The earlier term was bakehouse, which was replaced in the US by bakery in the 19th century.
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What does a bakery owner from San Francisco have in common with a retired British Army officer, a newly-qualified Scottish lawyer, a US Marine veteran, an Edinburgh artist and a teacher from Fife?
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
The U.K. bakery chain said Wednesday that the proposal to consolidate its in-house manufacturing activities is the result of a review that aims to ensure it operates in the most cost-efficient manner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
On the side were little wheat rolls from The Fresh Market bakery, spread with pats of Kerrygold — a small but perceptible upgrade from the Bunny Bread and Country Crock of a few years earlier.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
The prison guards who lived in Susanville coached Little League and bought bread at the bakery downtown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
On one side of the bakery was a shoemaker.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
Most chain coffee shops and bakeries offer a birthday treat through their loyalty apps.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
The only real crowds are to be found in the daytime -- at banks, cheap bakeries and outside the Spanish consulate, where hundreds clutch papers and wait to get off the island.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
And specialty retailers, such as bakeries and produce markets, will remain exempt from having to fulfill all the requirements.
From Salon ● May 22, 2026
Where are the best bakeries to buy celebration cakes?
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
And the undisputed king of kings—the shah-in-shah—of these bakeries was Akh Tamar.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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