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baguette
(ba get′)
or baguet
noun
- a gem, etc. cut in the shape of a narrow oblong, often tapered at one end
- this shape
- a long, thin loaf of bread
- Archit. a small, convex molding
Origin: Fr baguette, a rod < It bacchetta, dim. of bacchio, a pole, cudgel < L baculum, a stick: see bacillus
See baguette in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- a. A gem cut in the form of a narrow rectangle.b. The form of such a gem.
- Architecture A narrow convex molding.
- A small narrow loaf of French bread often used for sandwiches.
Origin:
Origin: French, rod
Origin: , from Italian bacchetta
Origin: , diminutive of bacchio, rod
Origin: , from Latin baculum, stick; see bak- in Indo-European roots
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