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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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