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bakeshop

bakeshop

1 2.0
A shop where people make and sell bread and cakes
  • noun
  • /ˈbeɪkˌʃɑp/
  • US
translation icon : panadería
  • She decided to stop by the bakeshop to pick up a fresh loaf of bread.
  • buying bread from a bakeshop
  • runs a bakeshop

Examples

  • The bakeshop offers a wide variety of pastries, including donuts and croissants.

  • The controversy in Lochner involved the constitutionality of the New York Bakeshop Act of 1895.

    Academic text (2016)

  • I'll be working, but I can promise you a quarter-mile jog; that's a loop around the trail outside our bakeshop of the hotel.

    Blog text (9)

  • After school, the children often visit the local bakeshop for cookies and cupcakes.

Synonyms

bakery
vsbakeshop
156 1.0

A shop that makes and sells bread and cakes

is the same meaning but expressed as an alternative shop name
patisserie
vsbakeshop
3 7.3

A shop that makes and sells French cakes and sweet pastries

is broader, covering all baked goods not only French pastries
bakehouse
vsbakeshop
1 3.7

A place that makes or sells bread, cakes, and pastries

is the general shop term rather than this alternative name

Surface Forms

bakeshop singular
bakeshops plural

Morphology

bakeshop = bake + shop (transparent) = bake + shop

Clear compound of 'bake' + 'shop': a shop where baked goods are made or sold, which learners can derive from the components.

Etymology

The word bakeshop comes from the two simple English words bake and shop. Bake means 'to cook in an oven' and shop means 'a place to sell things', so a bakeshop is a place where bread, cakes and other baked goods are made or sold.