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Industrial Bakery

/ɪnˈdʌs.tri.əl ˈbeɪ.kəri/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #15000 frequency
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  1. 1

    A facility that produces baked goods on a large scale using industrial machinery.

    "The industrial bakery supplied bread to supermarkets across the region."
  2. 2

    A type of bakery that focuses on mass production rather than artisanal methods.

    "Unlike a traditional bakery, the industrial bakery can produce thousands of loaves in a single day."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'industrial bakery' combines 'industrial', derived from the Latin 'industrialis', meaning 'diligent' or 'hardworking', and 'bakery', which comes from the Old English 'bæcere', meaning 'one who bakes'. The phrase evolved in the 20th century to describe large-scale baking operations that utilize mechanization and mass production techniques.

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