baker

nouncommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈbeɪ.kə//
United States//ˈbeɪ.kɚ//
Scotland//ˈbe.kəɾ//
//ˈbeː.kə//

A person who bakes and sells bread, cakes and similar items.

noun

1
A person who bakes and sells bread, cakes and similar items.
But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal.
2
A portable oven for baking.
3
An apple suitable for baking.
Wealthys and McIntoshes are not good bakers.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English bakere, from Old English bæcere (“baker”), from Proto-Germanic *bakārijaz (“baker”), equivalent to bake + -er. Cognate with Dutch bakker (“baker”), German Bäcker (“baker”), Norwegian Bokmål baker (“baker”), Swedish bagare (“baker”), Icelandic bakari (“baker”).

Forms

plural: bakers

bait · Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or…bake · To cook using an oven, especially baked goods. To cook…baked · That has been cooked by baking.

baker · A person who bakes and sells bread, cakes and similar items.

Baker · radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter B.bakery · A place in which bread (and often other baked goods such as…baking · That bakes.

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