Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

homebaker

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: home-bak-er
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who bakes food (bread, cakes, etc.) at home.

noun

One who homebakes illicit drugs.

Australian usage; New Zealand usage; Slang

Example Sentences

"Mrs. [Jean] Carlson notes that homebakers will need to experiment a bit when making these cookies, also sometimes called rolls."
"Codeine tablets are still widely available in New Zealand, but less often abused than in the past. With a new proliferation of morphine sulfate tablets on New Zealand’s legal and illegal pharmaceutical markets, homebakers often use morphine instead when brewing their wares."

Etymology

From home + baker or homebake + -er.

Usage

Inflected Forms

homebakers (plural) home-baker (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

homebake homebaked

Questions

What does homebaker mean?: A person who bakes food (bread, cakes, etc.) at home.
Where does homebaker come from?: From home + baker or homebake + -er.

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