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bakery

[bey-kuh-ree, beyk-ree] Origin

bak·er·y

[bey-kuh-ree, beyk-ree]
noun, plural -er·ies.
1.
Also called bake·shop [beyk-shop] . a baker's shop.
2.
a place where baked goods are made.

Origin:
1535–45; baker + -y3; now taken as bake + -ery
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Bakery is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
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bakery (ˈbeɪkərɪ)
 
n , pl -eries
1.  Also called: bakehouse a room or building equipped for baking
2.  a shop in which bread, cakes, etc, are sold

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Word Origin & History

bakery
c.1820, "place for making bread" (see bake), replacing earlier bakehouse; as "shop where baked goods are sold" it was noted as an Americanism by British travelers from c.1830.
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