bakery
pronunciation
How to pronounce bakery in British English:
UK [ˈbeɪkəri]
How to pronounce bakery in American English:
US [ˈbeɪkəri]
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- Noun:
- a workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold
Word Origin
- bakery (n.)
- 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.
Example
- 1. The bakery employs 11 people , including individuals with autism .
- 2. Why did they stop buying from the bakery ?
- 3. There 's a bakery near our house .
- 4. Even when they get paid , they 'll skip the bakery .
- 5. They had almond biscuits from an italian bakery on arthur avenue .