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baguette — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • baguette noun A long, narrow loaf of French bread with a crisp crust.
  • baton noun A short stick used by a police officer as a weapon or by a conductor to lead an orchestra.
  • birch noun A tree with thin, often pale, peeling bark, common across the Northern Hemisphere.
  • chopstick noun One of a pair of slender sticks used, held in one hand, to pick up and eat food, especially in East Asian cuisine.
  • drumstick noun A stick used to strike a drum.
  • loaf noun A shaped mass of baked bread, or a similarly shaped block of another food.
  • pointer noun A useful tip or piece of advice.
  • ramrod noun A rod once used to push ammunition and powder down the barrel of an old-fashioned firearm.
  • sticker noun A small piece of paper or plastic with an adhesive back, used for decoration or labeling.
  • wand noun A slender rod held in the hand, especially one used by a magician or as a symbol of authority.

Senses

baguette is used for these senses in English:

  • baguette A variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape.
  • baton (music) The stick of a conductor in musical performances.
  • birch A stick, rod or bundle of twigs made from birch wood, used for punishment.
  • drumstick A stick used to play drums. [from 16th c.]
  • loaf (also loaf of bread) A block of bread after baking.
  • pointer Anything that points or is used for pointing.
  • ramrod (firearms) Device used with muzzleloaders to push the projectile up against the propellant.
  • sticker A wooden strip placed between courses of lumber to allow air circulation and to create a gap so the unit can be picked up with a forklift (also kiln sticker).

baguette — full definition

  1. noun A long, narrow loaf of French bread with a crisp crust.
  2. noun A gemstone or narrow rectangular shape cut to resemble the loaf.

baton — full definition

  1. noun A short stick used by a police officer as a weapon or by a conductor to lead an orchestra.
  2. noun A short rod passed from runner to runner in a relay race.

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