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ba·guette or baguet ba·guet′ (ba get′)
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
Etymology: Fr baguette, a rod < It bacchetta, dim. of bacchio, a pole, cudgel < L baculum, a stick: see bacillus
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