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baker

Syllables: bak·erUK/ˈbeɪ.kə//ˈbeɪ.kɚ/

baker noun: a person who bakes and sells bread, cakes and similar items.

Noun (1)

baker (plural bakers)

  1. A person who bakes and sells bread, cakes and similar items.
    • 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.2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion
    Synonyms:
    baxter, dougher
  2. A portable oven for baking.
  3. An apple suitable for baking.
    • Wealthys and McIntoshes are not good bakers.1975, Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, Joy of Cooking, page 129

Noun (2) capitalized: Baker

US/ˈbeɪkɚ/

Baker

  1. (World War II era, joint US/RAF) radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter B.

Proper noun capitalized: Baker

US/ˈbeɪkɚ/

Baker

  1. An English surname originating as an occupation for a baker, or owner of a communal oven
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A census-designated place in San Bernardino County, California.
  4. A former unincorporated community in Kern County, California.
  5. An unincorporated community in Okaloosa County, Florida.
  6. An unincorporated community in LaSalle County, Illinois.
  7. An unincorporated community in Sullivan County, Indiana.
  8. An unincorporated community in Brown County, Kansas.
  9. A city in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.
  10. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Clay County, Minnesota.
  11. A small inactive village in Stoddard County, Missouri.
  12. A city, the county seat of Fallon County, Montana.
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  1. A ghost town in Boyd County, Nebraska.
  2. A census-designated place in White Pine County, Nevada.
  3. An unincorporated community in Benson County, North Dakota.
  4. An unincorporated community in Texas County, Oklahoma.
  5. An unincorporated community in Hardy County, West Virginia.

baker meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

baker in Hindi

person who bakes and sells bread, etc
नानबाई nānbāī, बेकर bekar, रोटी वाला roṭī vālā

baker in Tamil

பேக்கர்

baker in Marathi

बेकर

baker in Urdu

person who bakes and sells bread, etc
نان بائی nān bāī, خَبَّاز xabbāz, بیکَر bekar
More languagesFewer languages
baker in Bengali
রূটিত্তয়ালা ruṭittoẏala
baker in Telugu
బేకర్
baker in Malayalam
അപ്പക്കാരൻ appakkāraṉ
baker in Kannada
ಬೇಕರಿಯವ, ಮಾರುವವನು, ರೊಟ್ಟಿ ಅಂಗಡಿಯವನು
baker in Punjabi
ਨਾਨਬਾਈ nānbāī
baker in Gujarati
બેકર
baker in Odia
ବେକର୍
baker in Nepali
बेकर
baker in Pashto
نانباى nānbāy, نانواى nānwāy
baker in Tagalog
panadero
baker in Arabic
خَبَّاز ḵabbāz, خَبَّازَة ḵabbāza, فَرَّان farrān, فَرَّانَة farrāna
baker in Malay
tukang roti, khabaz
baker in Indonesian
tukang roti
baker in Thai
คนทำขนมปัง kon-tam-kà-nǒm-bpang
baker in Vietnamese
người thợ làm bánh mì, thợ làm bánh
baker in Myanmar
ပေါင်မုန့်ဖုတ်သူ paungmun.hputsu

Examples of baker in a sentence

  • The baker scored the cake so that the servers would know where to slice it.
  • My mom’s a good baker because she’s of the old school. She’d never buy ready-made cookie dough.
  • Most bakers and dairy farmers have to get up early.

All 40 example sentences with baker

Synonyms of baker

Forms of baker

Noun
pluralbakers
Proper noun
alternative formBacker

Plural of baker: bakers

Origin of baker

Inherited 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”), Norwegian Bokmål baker (“baker”), Swedish bagare (“baker”), Icelandic bakari (“baker”).

Words formed from baker

Phrases with baker

Words that rhyme with baker

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Questions about baker

What does baker mean?
Baker means a person who bakes and sells bread, cakes and similar items.
What is baker in Hindi?
Baker in Hindi is नानबाई (nānbāī), बेकर (bekar), रोटी वाला (roṭī vālā). See Baker meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is baker?
Baker can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce baker?
Baker is pronounced /ˈbeɪ.kə/ (UK).
What is the plural of baker?
The plural of baker is bakers.

Words near baker in the dictionary

  1. bakeouts
  2. bakeoven
  3. bakeovens
  4. bakepan
  5. bakepans
  6. baker
  7. Baker Act
  8. Baker Acted
  9. Baker Acting
  10. Baker Acts
  11. Baker City

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: baker (page history and authors); Baker (page history and authors); baker (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); baker (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); baker (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); അപ്പക്കാരൻ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); baker (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); baker (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); baker (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); baker (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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