bakery

American  

[bay-kuh-ree, bayk-ree] / ˈbeɪ kə ri, ˈbeɪk ri /

noun

• bakeries
  plural

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

2. a place where baked goods are made.

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bakery British  

/ ˈbeɪkərɪ /

noun

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

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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• bakeries
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of bakery

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

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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.

Example Sentences

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Orban chose cheese, Vučiċ meat, when they sat down to a quick lunch of traditional burek pastries at a small, popular town centre bakery in Subotica almost a year ago.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Jagalchi, a Korean market in Daly City, opened last year with a 75,000-square-foot supermarket with fresh seafood, a bakery, a K-beauty section and sit-down dining.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

"Ten or 15 years ago, there were far fewer young people dreaming of becoming chefs," said Aabhas Jain, director of bakery and pastry training at Ecole Ducasse, a French culinary school also operating in India.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Visit a bakery or supermarket for good bread and cornbread muffins.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

Ivy recognised her as the little girl she had seen in the bakery all those years ago.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

For now, the WFP says it can continue supporting bakeries that provide one-third of Gaza's bread needs and provide nutritional assistance to about 300,000 women and children.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

It opened its first retail bakeries in the U.S. in San Francisco and Beverly Hills in 1981, and its first restaurant in Corte Madera in 1987, according to its website.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

Especially at bakeries and cha chaan tengs, Cantonese diners.

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026

"We are running short of bread. There was no fresh bread today because the bakeries are closed," Miguel Angel Campana, a municipal street cleaner in Ceuta, told AFP.

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

Groceries and fruit stands and butcher shops and bakeries.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz

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