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baguette definition

ba·guette or baguet ba·guet′ (ba get′)

noun

  1. a gem, etc. cut in the shape of a narrow oblong, often tapered at one end
  2. this shape
  3. a long, thin loaf of bread
  4. Archit. a small, convex molding

Etymology: Fr baguette, a rod < It bacchetta, dim. of bacchio, a pole, cudgel < L baculum, a stick: see bacillus

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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