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 The group has a history of taking lawsuits against Colorado’s LGBTQ+ protections to the Supreme Court, including on behalf of a cake baker and a wedding website designer. Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 12 Mar. 2025 For the complete list of 12 scams to look out for in the 2025 tax season, and a baker’s dozen item, head over to the IRS website. Roxana Popescu, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2025 The baker’s widow, Martine (Catherine Frot), offers to put him up in the bedroom of the couple’s son, Vincent (Jean-Baptiste Durand), an old friend of Jérémie’s who still lives nearby, now married with a child. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2025 Their bakers don't add any contaminants, and any of these substances found in the cookies come from environmental exposure, the Girl Scouts said. Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 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 16 Apr. 2025.

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