The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word BAKERIES
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What does BAKERIES mean?
BAKERIES noun- A shop in which bread (and often other baked goods such as cakes) is baked and/or sold.
- The trade of a baker.
- The actual goods produced in a bakery such as doughnuts, long johns, bismarcks, sugar and glazed twisters, cinnamon rolls, eclairs, etc.