Croissant

//kɹəˈsɑnt// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent.
  2. 2
    very rich flaky crescent-shaped roll wordnet

Synonyms

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crescent rollcrescent rollbagelbialybialystokerbun

Example

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"I'll have a coffee and a croissant."

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French croissant (“crescent”), present participle of croître (“to grow”). Doublet of crescent.

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