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Audio Help [bey-ker] Pronunciation Key | 1. | a person who bakes. |
| 2. | a person who makes and sells bread, cake, etc. |
| 3. | a small portable oven. |
| 4. | (usually initial capital letter) a code word used in communications to represent the letter B. |
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baker
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Audio Help [bey-ker] Pronunciation Key | 1. | Sir Benjamin, 1840–1907, English engineer. |
| 2. | George (“Father Divine”), 1877–1965, U.S. religious leader. |
| 3. | George Pierce, 1866–1935, U.S. critic, author, and professor of drama. |
| 4. | Howard H(enry), Jr., born 1925, U.S. politician: senator 1967–85. |
| 5. | Dame Janet, born 1933, English mezzo-soprano. |
| 6. | Josephine, 1906–75, French entertainer, born in the U.S. |
| 7. | Newton Diehl
Audio Help [deel] Pronunciation Key, 1871–1937, U.S. lawyer: Secretary of War 1916–21. |
| 8. | Ray Stan·nard
Audio Help [stan-erd] Pronunciation Key (“David Grayson”), 1870–1946, U.S. author. |
| 9. | Samuel White, 1821–93, English explorer and colonial administrator: discovered Lake Albert. |
| 10. | Mount, a mountain in NW Washington, in the Cascade Range: highest peak, 10,750 ft. (3277 m). |
| 11. | a town in central Louisiana. 12,865. |
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| bak·er
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| Ba·ker
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American religious leader who founded (1919) a communal religious sect called the Peace Mission. |
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| Baker, Josephine 1906-1975.
American-born French entertainer who became a popular jazz dancer and singer in Paris during the 1920s and 1930s. During World War II she worked for the French Resistance. |
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| Baker, Mount
A peak, 3,287.3 m (10,778 ft) high, of northwest Washington in the Cascade Range east of Bellingham. It is in a popular resort area. |
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| Baker, Sir Samuel White 1821-1893.
British explorer who founded a settlement at Ceylon (1848), explored the Blue Nile region (1861-1862), and discovered Lake Albert (1864). |
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| baker | |
noun | |
| 1. | someone who bakes commercially |
| 2. | someone who bakes bread or cake |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
ˈbaker1 noun
Example: He is a qualified baker; She is a good baker.
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Baker County, FL (county, FIPS 3) Location: 30.32379 N, 82.27381 W
Population (1990): 18486 (5975 housing units)
Area: 1515.8 sq km (land), 9.5 sq km (water)
Baker County, GA (county, FIPS 7) Location: 31.33084 N, 84.45401 W
Population (1990): 3615 (1499 housing units)
Area: 889.0 sq km (land), 15.4 sq km (water)
Baker County, OR (county, FIPS 1) Location: 44.71178 N, 117.67352 W
Population (1990): 15317 (7525 housing units)
Area: 7946.9 sq km (land), 52.6 sq km (water)
Baker, NV Zip code(s): 89311
Baker, ND Zip code(s): 58386
Baker, MT (city, FIPS 3475) Location: 46.36310 N, 104.27375 W
Population (1990): 1818 (944 housing units)
Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 59313
Baker, WV Zip code(s): 26801
Baker, MN Zip code(s): 56513
Baker, LA (city, FIPS 3985) Location: 30.58545 N, 91.15699 W
Population (1990): 13233 (4734 housing units)
Area: 17.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 70714
Baker, FL Zip code(s): 32531
Baker, CA Zip code(s): 92309
Baker, OK Zip code(s): 73950
Baker, OR (city, FIPS 3650) Location: 44.77419 N, 117.83164 W
Population (1990): 9140 (4052 housing units)
Area: 17.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Baker, MO (village, FIPS 3034) Location: 36.77356 N, 89.76143 W
Population (1990): 8 (3 housing units)
Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Point Baker, AK (CDP, FIPS 61190) Location: 56.35471 N, 133.62364 W
Population (1990): 39 (28 housing units)
Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 3.2 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 99927
| U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau |
Baker
Bak"er\, n. [AS. b[ae]cere. See Bake, v. i.]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's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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