Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A long narrow loaf of French bread.
- noun A gem cut in the form of a narrow rectangle.
- noun The form of such a gem.
- noun Architecture A narrow convex molding.
- noun A shallow rectangular handbag.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a narrow, relatively long rectangular shape
- noun a
gem cut in such a shape - noun a variety of
bread that is long and narrow in shape
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun narrow French stick loaf
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I'm reading the Harry Potter books in French and "baguette" is the word they use for "wand."
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Le sandwich baguette is one of the cheapest and fastest yet, I think, most filling lunches you can get when you're in any French city - a great way to economize.
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The greeks also stuff their gyros with fries … mmm … and I - love - the Israeli style pita breads … Kosher Delight gets that right too, but their baguette is so damn good too.
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Professor Salt, you may be right that one type of baguette is better than another for sandwich purposes … BUT, beware what happened to the bagel.
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Yes, he has a favourite sandwich consisting of a particular baguette from the local market, blobs of mayonnaise, pepper salami and havarti cheese.
Nigel's Green Chicken Curry Michele 2005
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Yes, he has a favourite sandwich consisting of a particular baguette from the local market, blobs of mayonnaise, pepper salami and havarti cheese.
Frollicking in Belgium with some Earl Grey cookies.. IMBB #17 Michele 2005
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That kind of baguette is exclusive to the Vietnamese banh mi; anything else wouldn’t work.
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•16 (1-inch-thick) slices from a thin French baguette, cut on the diagonal, or about 9
unknown title 2009
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a slice or two of a baguette (perhaps more if your baguette is really skinny, cutting on a bias gives you more surface area to work with)
Everything old is new again.. Michele 2005
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a slice or two of a baguette (perhaps more if your baguette is really skinny, cutting on a bias gives you more surface area to work with)
Salad day #1. Good times, good times.. Michele 2005
bilby commented on the word baguette
"In France, one baker is touting his automated baguette dispenser—which is loaded with partially precooked loaves that get fully baked when the machine is activated—as away to get fresh bread when bakeries are closed."
- JWT, What's Cooking? - Trends in Food, Feb 2012.
January 1, 2013