French bread
noun, slang
noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
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. informal, uncountable, usually
- 2 a crusty sourdough bread often baked in long slender tapered loaves or baguettes wordnet
- 3 Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see French, bread. uncountable, usually
"Boule refers to the shape of the traditional French breads—puffed rustic rounds scored by the village baker."
Example
More examples"Boule refers to the shape of the traditional French breads—puffed rustic rounds scored by the village baker."
Etymology
From French + bread, from being the stereotypical type of bread associated with France.