How to spell bakery

Bakery is spelled B-A-K-E-R-Y.

hear itbak·er·y/'beɪkəri/nounPrefixes and work

What it means: A place where bread and cakes are made or sold.

In a sentence: We stopped at the bakery to buy some fresh bread.

Same family: baker, baked, baking, bakes. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Bakery” comes from the verb “bake” plus the suffix “-ery,” which often means ‘a place where something is made or sold.’ The word has been used in English since the 1400s to describe a place where bread and other goods are baked.

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