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 Chocolate Chip Banana Bread With Peanut Crumble The combination of overripe banana and vegetable oil in this recipe for chocolate chip banana bread, adapted from baker Valerie Gordon, give it its just-right tenderness. Betty Hallock, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2025 But who better to call for advice than Barcelona baker Ton Cortés, the guy who won? Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 27 Mar. 2025 Kelly Clarkson was in tears after reuniting a mom with the baker who made her daughter's first cake. Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025 At the cozy hillside home of Martine, the baker’s widow, Jérémie settles in for a stay of undetermined length. Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 31 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 1 May. 2025.

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