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Webster 1913 Edition
Baker
1.
One whose business it is to bake bread, biscuit, etc.
2.
A portable oven in which baking is done.
[U.S.]
A baker’s dozen
, thirteen.
– Baker foot
, a distorted foot.
[Obs.]
Jer. Taylor.
– Baker's itch
, a rash on the back of the hand, caused by the irritating properties of yeast.
– Baker's salt
, the subcarbonate of ammonia, sometimes used instead of soda, in making bread.
Webster 1828 Edition
Baker
BA'KER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Baker
Baker
Translingual
Proper noun
Baker
- A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist John Gilbert Baker (1834-1920).
English
Proper noun
Baker
- An occupational surname for a baker, or owner of a communal oven
Derived terms
Translations
Occupational surname
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baker
baker
English
Noun
baker (plural bakers)
- A person who bakes and sells bread, cakes and similar items.
- 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion:
- But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal.
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- A portable oven for baking.
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Terms derived from baker
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Translations
person who bakes and sells bread, etc
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Dutch
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ba‧ker
Noun
baker f (plural bakers, diminutive bakertje n)
- lit. 'swaddler': Person who helps midwife with child deliveries.
Verb
baker
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Noun
baker m (definite singular bakeren, indefinite plural bakere, definite plural bakerne)
- a baker (person who bakes professionally)
Related terms
See also
- bakar (Nynorsk)
Etymology 2
Noun
baker m pl
- indefinite plural of bak
Etymology 3
Verb
baker
- present tense of bake
References
- “baker” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Slovene
| Chemical element | |
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| Cu | Previous: níkelj (Ni) |
| Next: cínk (Zn) | |
Etymology
Borrowing from Serbo-Croatian bàkar, from Ottoman Turkish باقیر (bakır), from Old Turkic bakır, from Proto-Turkic *bakɨr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbàːkər/
- Tonal orthography: bákər
Noun
báker m inan (genitive bákra, uncountable)
- copper (metal)
Declension
Declension of báker (masculine inan., hard o-stem)
| singular | |
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| nominative | báker |
| accusative | báker |
| genitive | bákra |
| dative | bákru |
| locative | bákru |
| instrumental | bákrom |