Words / A2

BAYK-uh/ˈbeɪkə/

A baker makes bread and cakes, often as a job: the baker on the corner, a baker’s shop, ask the baker. Bakery is the shop. Banker works in a bank — mix-up. Do not write baker when you mean banker, or bakery as if it were the person.

Meaning

A person whose job is to make bread and cakes.

Examples

• “The baker opens at six, before the office rush.”
• “The baker saved us the last brown loaf.”
• “Ask the baker what time the croissants come out.”

Good to know

the baker / a baker’s shop. Shop: bakery. Mix-up: banker.

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