noun
baker
BAY-kuh
noun
1
A person whose job is to bake and sell bread, cakes, and similar goods.
"The baker opens the shop at five every morning to have fresh bread ready."
2
A portable oven used for baking.
"Campers used a small baker over the fire to make biscuits."
How to Use Baker
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishSomeone who makes bread and baked goods for a living, or the oven used to bake them.
Common pairings
local baker
baker's dozen
Word Forms
bakers plural
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Etymology
From Old English bæcere ("baker"), formed from bake plus the agent suffix -er.