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bakery

  • /ˈbeɪ.kə.ɹi/
  • /ˈbeɪk.ɹi/

Where it comes from

From bake + -ery (“place of”). Replaced earlier bakehouse. Originally "place for making bread"; as "shop where baked goods are sold", it was believed by British travelers by 1832 to be an American-invented term.

Sense 4 is by analogy with cake (“buttocks”).

noun bakeries

  1. countable A place in which bread (and often other baked goods such as cakes) is baked and/or sold.

    Similar: bakehouse, bakeshop, baker's

  2. uncountable The trade of a baker.
  3. US, uncountable Baked goods. Fresh bakery!

    Similar: baking

  4. countable, humorous, slang, uncountable A large pair of buttocks. He's got a whole damn bakery back there!

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: baking, boulangerie, baker, baked, bread, pastry, jam, cake, cafe, babe, baby, facilities, little, shop, mess, bakehouse

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noun a shop in which bread and such is baked and sold

Españolpanadería, tahona, horno
한국어빵집 ppangjip, 제과점 jegwajeom, 베이커리 beikeori
日本語パン屋 pan'ya, ベーカリー bēkarī
中文麵包店 /面包店 miànbāodiàn, 麵包房 /面包房 miànbāofáng
हिन्दीबेकरी bekrī
Portuguêspadaria
Françaisboulangerie
DeutschBäckerei, Backstube
Italianopanetteria, forno, panificio
Ελληνικάφούρνος foúrnos, αρτοποιείο artopoieío
Românăbrutărie
Русскийпека́рня pekárnja, хлебопека́рня xlebopekárnja, бу́лочная búločnaja
Tiếng Việtlò bánh mì, tiệm bánh
العربيةمَخْبِز maḵbiz, مَخْبَزَة maḵbaza
עבריתמַאֲפִיָּה maafiyá

noun the trade of a baker

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@misc{bakery_2026,
  title = {bakery},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bakery},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}