BAGUETTE

baguet, baguette

(noun) narrow French stick loaf

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

baguette (plural baguettes)

A narrow, relatively long rectangular shape.

A gem cut in such a shape.

A variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape.

(architecture) A small molding, like the astragal, but smaller; a bead.

(zoology) One of the minute bodies seen in the divided nucleoli of some Infusoria after conjugation.

(ethnic slur, mildly offensive, slang) A French person, or a person of French descent.

Synonym: frog

Synonyms

• (bread): French bread (informal), French stick

Source: Wiktionary


Ba*guet", Ba*guette", n. Etym: [F. baguette, prop. a rodbacchetta, fr. L. baculum, baculu stick, staff.]

1. (Arch.)

Definition: A small molding, like the astragal, but smaller; a bead.

2. (Zoöl)

Definition: One of the minute bodies seen in the divided nucleoli of some Infusoria after conjugation.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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