
Baking can represent something on which one is working, perhaps even psychological reflection (working on oneself). It also might refer to the connotations of expressions like "half-baked" or "If I knew you were coming I would have baked a cake."

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A baker is someone who bakes and sells bread, Cakes and similar foods may also be produced, as the traditional boundaries between what is produced by a baker as opposed to a pastry chef have blurred in recent decades. The place where a baker works is called a bakery.
The first group of people to bake bread were ancient Egyptians, around 8000 BC. During the Middle Ages it was common for each landlord to have a bakery, which was actually a public oven; Housewives would bring dough that they had prepared to the baker, who would tend the oven and bake them into bread. As time went on, bakers would also sell their own goods, and in that some bakers acted dishonestly, tricks emerged: for example, a baker would have trap door(s) in the oven or other obscured areas, that would allow a hidden small boy or other apprentice to take off some of the dough brought in for baking. Then the dishonest baker would sell bread made with the stolen dough as their own. This practice and others eventually lead to the famous regulation known as Assize of Bread and Ale, which prescribed harsh penalties for bakers that were found cheating their clients or customers. As a safeguard against cheating, under-filled orders, or any appearance of impropriety, bakers commonly began to throw in one more loaf of bread; this tradition now exists in the phrase "baker's dozen", which is 13.
Today bakers work in varying environments both as employees and sometimes owning their own stores. Bakers can be found working in:
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Nederlands (Dutch)
bakker, draagbare bakoven
Français (French)
n. - boulanger
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Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αρτοποιός, φούρναρης, ψήστης
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Italiano (Italian)
panettiere, fornaio
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Português (Portuguese)
n. - padeiro (m), forninho (m) portátil (EUA)
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Español (Spanish)
n. - panadero, pastelero
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中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
面包师, 轻便烘炉, 面包店店主
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中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 麵包師, 輕便烘爐, 麵包店店主
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العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) خباز, فران
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - אופה, פועל מאפייה
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