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Croissant

//kɹəˈsɑnt// noun

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

Etymology

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

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