Baker

A baker is someone who bakes and sells bread, cakes and similar foods. The place where the baker works is called a bakehouse.

• Baker's yeast is a leavening agent.
• A baker's dozen is a group of thirteen things (an old-fashioned expression). (See Bakers' Company for an explanation of the phrase)

Disambiguation

Place Names

Baker is (part of) the name of some places including

• Baker, California
• Baker, Louisiana
• Baker, Montana
• Baker, Missouri
• Mount Baker is situated in Washington state.
• Baker Island is an uninhabited atoll in the Pacific.
• Baker Street is a street in London, England. See also Baker Street tube station and The Baker Street Irregulars (Sherlock Holmes).

Songs

• Baker Street is a song by Gerry Rafferty.
• Ma Baker is a 1970s song by Boney M.

People

For people whose surname is or was Baker see People named Baker; especially prominent examples include:

• Carroll Baker
• Cheryl Baker
• Chet Baker
• Ginger Baker
• James Baker
• Josephine Baker
• LaVern Baker
• Mary Baker Eddy

Other

• Baker v. Carr and Baker v. Vermont were court cases in the United States.
• Ned Baker is a metasyntactic variable.
• Baker is the code-name for a series of training exercises conducted by the United States Army and several Asian countries.