plural bakers
1
: a person who makes breads, cakes, pastries, etc.
Any avid baker knows that successful cakes and cookies often start with butter brought to room temperature.—
Jack Bishop et al.
Jack Bishop et al.
specifically
: someone who engages in baking as an occupation
Shopping routinely involved separate trips to the butcher, baker and green grocer … —Doris Weatherford
Doris Weatherford 2
a
: a device or utensil used for baking
b
: a food that is suitable for baking
It's hard to beat the delicate flavor of new potatoes or a big, fluffy baker.—Jim McCausland
Jim McCauslandExamples of baker in a Sentence
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The second season of The Great American Baking Show will be available on the Roku Channel on Friday, May 24, bringing eight bakers from across the country to the famed English tent for a chance at taking the title of America’s Best Amateur Baker.
—Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 23 May 2024
Video How to Decorate a Goth Cake Stolz, who started baking at age 15 as a form of therapy after being bullied in school and developing an eating disorder, isn’t the only baker forgoing the aggressively cheerful aesthetic that has long dominated the pastry world.
—Emilia Petrarca, New York Times, 16 May 2024
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Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 23 May 2024
Video How to Decorate a Goth Cake Stolz, who started baking at age 15 as a form of therapy after being bullied in school and developing an eating disorder, isn’t the only baker forgoing the aggressively cheerful aesthetic that has long dominated the pastry world.
—Emilia Petrarca, New York Times, 16 May 2024
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Ba·ker
ˈbā-kər 
James Addison 1930– U.S. Secretary of Treasury (1985–88); Secretary of State (1989–92)
Baker
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Newton Diehl 1871–1937 American statesman
Baker
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Ray Stannard 1870–1946 pseudonym
David Grayson
ˈgrā-sᵊn
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