Baguette Definition

bă-gĕt
baguettes
noun
baguettes
A long narrow loaf of French bread.
American Heritage
A gem, etc. cut in the shape of a narrow oblong, often tapered at one end.
Webster's New World
A gem cut in the form of a narrow rectangle.
American Heritage
This shape.
Webster's New World
The form of such a gem.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Baguette

Noun

Singular:
baguette
Plural:
baguettes

Origin of Baguette

  • French rod from Italian bacchetta diminutive of bacchio rod from Latin baculum stick bak- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowing from French baguette (“stick”)

    From Wiktionary

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