Bakery Meaning
/ˈbeɪ.kə.ɹi/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA place in which bread (and often other baked goods such as cakes) is baked and/or sold.
nounThe trade of a baker.
Sentence Examples
Excuse me. Where is the bakery?
She is buying a cake in the bakery.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Every morning, the local ____ sells fresh croissants and baguettes to customers.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The whole street smelled like fresh cookies near the local ____.
Word Origin & History
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”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Then, later, I think I saw them at Lemke's Tomahawk Foods getting roasted chicken from the delicatessen and at Nelson's County Market picking up some bakery and fruit. It looked like they were going on a picnic."
— 2011 January 27, Will Kalinke, Grandma Is a Saint, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 9:
"She set about preparing the house for everyone to come over. She and Danielle made the sandwiches and put them in the refrigerator. They got out plates, glasses, napkins and silverware and set up a buffet table. Chuck went to the bakery and got some bakery."
— 2011 September 7, Ann Carol, Dark Places, Author House, →ISBN, page 196:
"Perhaps she would be able to bring me something to eat in the evening. Still it was doubtful if she could get away. I better had let her buy some bakery for me. With some inconceivable pride, or rather stubbornness, as I wanted money, I refused. In consequence, I suffered all night and the next day and the following night."
— 2017 May 1, James S. Peters, Sadakichi Hartmann, Alien Son: A Biography, Sunstone Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 121:
"“The next morning I woke up and she was fast asleep. Guess I did pass out for a while. So I thought I would go surprise her, and I bought her some flowers and picked up some bakery in town. But when I got back, she wasn't in bed. […]”"
— 2018 December 15, Hannah Katherine Klumb, The Suicide Bridge, Waterton Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 35:
"Shen Lian thought for a moment, walked up to the table, and picked up some bakery, wine, and fruits. He then walked to the sofa in the corner of the hall and started eating without a care in the world."
— 2019 November 19, Wang YueShuangJiao, Super Bodyguard to Goddess Boss: Volume 2, Funstory, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 72:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Every morning, the local ____ sells fresh croissants and baguettes to customers.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The whole street smelled like fresh cookies near the local ____.