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Webster 1913 Edition

Bakehouse

Bake′houseˊ

(bāk′housˊ)
,
Noun.
[AS.
bæchūs
. See
Bake
,
Verb.
T.
, and
House
.]
A house for baking; a bakery.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bakehouse

BA'KEHOUSE

,
Noun.
[bake and house.] A house or building for baking.

Definition 2024

bakehouse

bakehouse

English

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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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/

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