Bakehouse

Origin

From Middle English bakhous, bachous, from Old English bæchūs ("bakery, bakehouse"), equivalent to bake + house. Cognate with Scots bake-hous ("bakehouse, bakery"), Low German backhus ("bakehouse").

Full definition of bakehouse

Noun

1. A building or an apartment used for the preparing and baking of bread and other baked goods.
2. A building principally containing ovens.
3. (UK dialectal) Bakery.

Related terms

• bakery