French bread

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of baguette: a long thin loaf of bread with a thick crust and often having large bubbles of air inside, popular in and associated with France.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see French, bread: any of many types of bread made in France or said to be made faithfully in the style thereof.

Word forms

French bread French breads

Etymology

From French + bread, from being the stereotypical type of bread associated with France.

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