baker

Everyday

1. A baker is a person who makes bread, cakes and pies to sell. tree →
2. A baker can be anyone who likes to bake at home. tree →

In the lessons

the person in a story who makes and sells cakes, pastries or bread; the counted things are what the baker made and sold; a baker works in a bakery, often early in the morning; phrases: «the baker's» (the shop), «a baker's dozen» (13)

Examples

• A baker made 120 cakes. tree →
• The baker sold 95 pastries. tree →
• How many cakes did the baker have left? tree →
• The baker made 8 trays of cookies with 12 on each. tree →
• The baker gets up at 4 in the morning. tree →
• We bought fresh rolls at the baker's. tree →
• My mum is a good baker. tree →
• A baker's dozen is 13. tree →
• But I have eaten it!” exclaimed the baker in dismay. tree →

Note

Names the actor, not a quantity. What the baker «made» adds, what he «sold» takes away. Trap: cakes and pastries are different things; read which one the question asks about.

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Pharaoh's chief baker dreamed of baskets of bread and was hanged, as Joseph interpreted. The tradition sees Joseph's skill as coming from God. In the primary lessons: the person in a story who makes and sells cakes, pastries or bread; the counted things are what the baker made and sold; a baker works in a bakery, often early in the morning; phrases: «the baker's» (the shop), «a baker's dozen» (13)

Examples

• But he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them. (Torah GEN.40.22, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Pharaoh was wroth against his two officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers. (Torah GEN.40.2, JPS 1917) tree →
• And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker offended their lord the king of Egypt. (Torah GEN.40.1, JPS 1917) tree →
• And he will take your daughters to be perfumers, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. (Prophets 1SA.8.13, JPS 1917) tree →
• They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth to stir from the kneading of the dough until it be leavened. (Prophets HOS.7.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• For they have made ready their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait; their baker sleepeth all the night, in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire. (Prophets HOS.7.6, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Names the actor, not a quantity. What the baker «made» adds, what he «sold» takes away. Trap: cakes and pastries are different things; read which one the question asks about.