baguette

/bæˈgɛt/

/bəˈgɛt/

Other forms: baguettes

A baguette is a long, thin loaf of French bread. Your mom might ask you to buy a baguette at the bakery on your way home for dinner.

Baguettes are distinctive because of their shape, and if they're baked well, they have a crisp crust and a soft interior. In the 1700s, the word baguette referred only to rod-like architectural details, though by the mid-20th century, it also meant "bread." In French, baguette means "wand, rod, or baton," and it appears in "magic wand," or baguette magique, as well as "chopsticks," baguettes chinoises.

Definitions of baguette

1. noun

   narrow French stick loaf
   synonyms: baguet

   type of:

   French bread

   a crusty sourdough bread often baked in long slender tapered loaves or baguettes