baker
baker — noun
- bakersingular
- bakersplural
1. Someone who earns a living by making bread, cakes, pastries, and other oven-bake
Someone who earns a living by making bread, cakes, pastries, and other oven-baked food for customers.
Ayesha starts work before sunrise to bake bread for the morning rush.
work before sunrise — common baker routine
The hotel hired João as a baker for its weekend dessert buffet.
hire someone as a baker
Minh learned from an older baker while shaping rows of butter croissants.
Kofi left office work to become a baker at the neighborhood shop.
- pastry chef
focuses more on desserts and pastries than on everyday bread
- confectioner
more strongly associated with sweets and candy than with bread
文法句型
a baker
work as a baker
become a baker
用法筆記
Usually countable. It can refer to someone working in a bakery, hotel, or restaurant kitchen, not only to the owner of a shop.
常見錯誤
2. A store where people buy loaves, pastries, and cakes, often baked in the same pl
A store where people buy loaves, pastries, and cakes, often baked in the same place.
Charlotte stopped at the baker's to buy rye bread before school.
go to the baker's — shop meaning
By six o'clock, the village baker's had a line of customers outside.
We usually go to the baker's on Oak Street for Saturday breakfast.
The new baker's on King Road sells sourdough, fruit tarts, and sandwiches.
- bakery
the most common general word for the shop, especially in American English
- cake shop
suggests a stronger focus on cakes and sweets than on bread
- pastry shop
focuses more on pastries and desserts than on everyday loaves
文法句型
the baker's
go to the baker's
buy something from the baker's
用法筆記
Most often heard as 'the baker's', especially in British English. American English more commonly uses bakery for the shop itself.