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French bread
noun, slang
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."
Etymology
From French + bread, from being the stereotypical type of bread associated with France.
See also for "french bread"
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