noun
- a building or room where bread and cakes are baked, especially a commercial bakery
Usage: chiefly British; somewhat archaic or historical
Examples
- The old bakehouse on Main Street has been converted into a café.
- In medieval towns, the bakehouse was often a communal facility where residents brought their dough to be baked.
- The village bakehouse produced fresh bread daily for the local market.
- She worked in the bakehouse from dawn until the afternoon shift ended.
- The bakehouse smelled of yeast and warm flour.