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< /ˈbeɪkˌʃɒp/. a baker’s shop.
noun plural -eries
- Also called: bakehouse a room or building equipped for baking
- a shop in which bread, cakes, etc, are sold
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.