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baguette

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[ ba-get ]

noun

  1. a long, narrow loaf of French bread. Compare batard ( def ), boule 1( def 1 ).
  2. Jewelry.
    1. a rectangular shape given to a small gem, especially a diamond, by cutting and polishing.
    2. a gem having this shape.
  3. Architecture. a small convex molding, especially one of semicircular section.


baguette

/ æˈɡɛ /

noun

  1. a narrow French stick loaf
  2. a small gem cut as a long rectangle
  3. the shape of such a gem
  4. architect a small moulding having a semicircular cross section
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of baguette1

First recorded in 1720–30; from French, from Italian bacchetta “little stick,” equivalent to bacch(io) “stick” (from Latin baculus “stick, walking stick, scepter”) + -etta -ette
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of baguette1

C18: from French, from Italian bacchetta a little stick, from bacchio rod, from Latin baculum walking stick
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I’ve gotten some slightly stale baguettes which made for great baked French toast.

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Half a stale baguette wasn’t trash; it was bread pudding or croutons or something I could blitz into breadcrumbs.

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