baker

as in chef
someone who bakes bread, cakes, etc. I'm a very good baker, especially of pies. She's a successful baker who opened a chain of bakeries.

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Recent Examples of baker Any home baker making baked goods for family or friends understands the financial shock of buying eggs these days. Dominick Williams, Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2025 The same four ingredients still make up the sweet syrup popular with pecan pie bakers: cane sugar, corn syrup, molasses, and honey. Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2025 Among those killed in Ukraine in recent weeks was Olga Moroz, a baker born in 1968, who died when a Russian rocket hit the yard of her home in Kramatorsk. Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 3 Mar. 2025 When making a birthday cake for a professional baker, the stakes are high—but that didn't stop one family from trying. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for baker

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“Baker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/baker. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.

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