"French bread" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: French breads [plural]
Etymology: From French + bread, from being the stereotypical type of bread associated with France. Etymology templates: {{com|en|French|bread}} French + bread Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} French bread (usually uncountable, plural French breads)
  1. (informal) 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. Wikidata QID: Q208172 Tags: informal, uncountable, usually Synonyms: freedom bread, baguette [synonym, synonym-of] Hypernyms: bread, foodstuff, food, stuff Coordinate_terms: Italian bread, Cuban bread
    Sense id: en-French_bread-en-noun-en:Q208172 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Breads Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Breads: 47 53
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see French, bread: any of many types of bread made in France or said to be made faithfully in the style thereof. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-French_bread-en-noun-en:literal Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Breads Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 76 Disambiguation of Breads: 47 53

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