bakery

[bey-kuh-ree, beyk-ree]

noun

plural

bakeries 

1. Also called bakeshop. a baker's shop.

2. a place where baked goods are made.

bakery

/ ˈbeɪkərɪ /

noun

1. Also called: bakehouse. a room or building equipped for baking

2. a shop in which bread, cakes, etc, are sold

Word History and Origins

Origin of bakery¹

1535–45; baker + -y ³; now taken as bake + -ery

Example Sentences

It expects to add people in areas like home delivery or in high-touch customer positions, such as its bakeries.

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Bath & Body Works and Milk Bar bakery launched Birthday Cake body sprays and hand sanitizers.

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In 2018, it successfully defended a bakery in Colorado for refusing on religious grounds to design a wedding cake for a gay couple.

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Employers’ organization Medef said flight cancellations are restricting imports and that some local bakeries have run out of flour.

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“We were eating most often bakery bread rather than just commercial store-bought packaged bread, and he really had a great appreciation for it and wanted to model that for us,” Shalhoub says.

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