| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| baguette |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ba·guette |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b -g t |
| NOUN: | 1a. A gem cut in the form of a narrow rectangle. b. The form of such a gem. 2. Architecture A narrow convex molding. 3. A small narrow loaf of French bread often used for sandwiches. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, rod, from Italian bacchetta, diminutive of bacchio, rod, from Latin baculum, stick. See bak- in Appendix I.
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