Baker

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈbeɪ.kÉ™(ɹ)/
• US IPA: /ˈbeɪ.kÉš/
• Rhymes: -eɪkÉ™(r)

Origin

From Middle English bakere, from Old English bæcere ("baker"), from Proto-Germanic *bakārijaz ("baker"), equivalent to bake + -er. Cognate with Dutch bakker ("baker"), German Bäcker ("baker"), Swedish bagare ("baker"), Icelandic bakari ("baker").

Full definition of baker

Noun

1. A person who bakes and sells bread, cakes and similar items.
• 2006, w, Internal Combustion Chapter 2, But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries.  By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal.
2. A portable oven for baking.

Synonyms

• dougher

Derived terms

• baker foot
• baker's
• baker's dozen
• baker's itch
• baker's salt
• baker's yeast
• bakery
• sergeant baker

Anagrams

• brake
• break