Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A building or an apartment used for the preparing and baking of bread, etc.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A house for baking; a bakery.

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  • noun A building or an apartment used for the preparing and baking of bread and other baked goods.
  • noun A building principally containing ovens.
  • noun Bakery.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold

Etymologies

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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").

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Examples

  • We see, however, in the magazine of the oil merchant, his jars in perfect order, in the bakehouse are the hand mills in their original places, and of a description which exactly tallies with those alluded to in holy writ; the ovens scarcely want repairs; where a sculptor worked, there we find his marbles and his productions, in various states of forwardness, just as he left them.

    Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) Shearjashub Spooner 1834

  • When I was a young child at school in Stewkley, I used to spend Friday afternoons at the "bakehouse", as it was known.

    The Bookworm 2009

  • "My son loves burgers, so I pack him one Roadhouse-style: with ground beef shoulder, heirloom tomatoes, homemade mayo and an onion roll from our bakehouse—and serve it cold, like a meatloaf sandwich."

    A Gourmet Lunchbox 2011

  • There remained the stewards and elder counsellors, and such menservants as might be needed for any service, from armoury, stables, stores, brewhouse and bakehouse.

    His Disposition 2010

  • Perhaps the place had once been a kitchen or bakehouse, but I'd been happier with gas.

    They didn’t read Pitchfork or Stereogum or Gorilla vs. Bear or Hipster Runoff Josh Spilker 2010

  • I got my fix by going on the bakehouse/creamery tours as much as possible!

    Reading, Writing, Cooking and Crafting: mmmmmm.... Kate 2009

  • We worked through the afternoons, in the bakehouse, the cellars, the alehouse, or the fields.

    Archive 2008-01-01 Young Geoffrion 2008

  • This is derived from my recipe for “Almonzano” from my book "Nonna's Italian Kitchen", but Dori from the bakehouse blog suggested using okara in it instead of almonds.

    A PRACTICAL WAY TO USE OKARA Bryanna Clark Grogan 2008

  • I love the colours you've used, really whimsical bakehouse, and cool!

    Daring Bakers: Cheesecake Pops Brilynn 2008

  • We worked through the afternoons, in the bakehouse, the cellars, the alehouse, or the fields.

    At the monastery Young Geoffrion 2008

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