bakehouse

/'beikhaus/

Thân thiện

The baker carries a tray of fresh bread from the bakehouse.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A workplace where baked goods are produced or sold: A "bakehouse" is a building or room, often a bakery, where bread, cakes, pastries, and other baked items are made or sold. Historically, it could refer specifically to the part of a building containing the ovens.

Usage and Examples

• Noun:
  • The village bakehouse supplied fresh bread to all the local families.
  • We could smell the wonderful aroma coming from the old bakehouse.

Advanced Usage

• The term "bakehouse" is often used in historical or traditional contexts to describe a place for baking, sometimes distinct from a modern retail bakery shop. It emphasizes the production aspect.
  • The archaeological site included the remains of a Roman bakehouse.

Variants and Related Words

• Bakery (n): A more common modern term for a place where baked goods are made and sold.
• Bake (v): To cook food using dry heat in an oven.
• Baker (n): A person whose trade is baking bread and cakes.

Synonyms

• Bakery: A place for baking and selling bread, cakes, etc.
• Patisserie: A shop where French pastries and cakes are sold.
• Boulangerie: A French bakery specializing in bread.

Related Phrases and Idioms

Học thuật

Noun

1. a workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold

Từ đồng nghĩa

• bakery
• bakeshop