bread maker

noun

variants or less commonly breadmaker

ˈbred-ˌmā-kər 

plural bread makers also breadmakers

1

: a person or business that makes bread and other bakery products

Brick House Bakers, a well known bread maker, has been a long standing maker at the market, with many people traveling … to purchase their unique and healthy bread.

—The Superior Sun (Arizona)

A new … restaurant and bakery from a James Beard award-winning breadmaker has made its Gilbert debut.

—Sara Crocker

2

: a small electrical appliance that makes and bakes dough for bread and often other foods

With a bread maker, you just add the ingredients, adjust the settings as appropriate, press "start," and in a matter of hours, you'll have freshly baked bread.

—The Mercury News (San Jose, California)

The breadmaker was kind of a bust. I think I've used it three whole times, and each attempt has resulted in a dense, unpleasant, almost-edible loaf of something that could charitably be called "bread-ish" at best.

—Shane Brown

called also bread machine

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1570, in the meaning defined at sense 1