bakehouse

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbeɪkhaʊs/

Noun

bakehouse (plural bakehouses)

  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. (Britain dialectal) Bakery.

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