baguet, baguette
(noun) narrow French stick loaf
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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
• (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. (Zoƶl)
Definition: One of the minute bodies seen in the divided nucleoli of some Infusoria after conjugation.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be ādancingā after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. Thatās how the first coffee drink was born.
