"French bread" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: French breads [plural]
Etymology: French + bread. From being the stereotypical type of bread associated with France. Etymology templates: {{compound|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. Tags: informal, uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Breads Synonyms: baguette [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-French_bread-en-noun-~CAlFkUl Disambiguation of Breads: 80 20 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 78 22 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 78 22 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 84 16
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see French, bread. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-French_bread-en-noun-d3pj5Utq

Inflected forms

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