English Explanatory Dictionary

baguette

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A narrow, relatively long rectangular shape.
  2. A gem cut in such a shape.
  3. A variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape.
  4. A small molding, like the astragal, but smaller; a bead.
  5. One of the minute bodies seen in the divided nucleoli of some Infusoria after conjugation.
  6. A French person, or a person of French descent.
  7. Money.

Pronunciation

/bæˈɡɛt/ En-au-baguette.ogg

Word forms

baguette baguettes

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin baculumder. Vulgar Latin *baclitta Italian bacchettabor. French baguettebor. English baguette Borrowed from French baguette (“stick”), from Italian bacchetta.

Synonyms

frog bread ackers bees and honey blunt bones brass bread and honey Bugs Bunny cake cheddar cheese ching clams coin cream currency dinero dosh dough feds fedi finances flizz flow funding funds gravy gwop gwolla jack legal tender lolly lovely jubbly mazuma means money moola mozzarella muck oof ooftish paper rhino scratch scrilla shrapnel simoleons smackers smackeroos smackeroonies spend spondulicks swag wampum wonga yenom freedom bread French bread French stick
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