French loaf
- noun
- /frɛntʃ loʊf/
- US
:
baguette
- I made delicious sandwiches with slices of French loaf and fresh vegetables.
No, no, is, is, is a sandwich made on a French loaf.
- No, no, is, is, is a sandwich made on a French loaf.
Examples
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SARAH: French loaf?
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The chef recommended serving the soup with a warm French loaf for dipping.
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At the bakery, I bought a freshly baked French loaf for our dinner.
Synonyms
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1.0
A common food made by baking dough from flour, often with yeast
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1.0
A shaped piece of food, often bread, baked or formed to slice and eat
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1.0
A shaped bread baked as one piece and usually sliced before eating
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2.6
A long thin loaf of French bread with a crisp crust and soft inside
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1.0
A long crusty white bread like a baguette served with meals
A long thin bread like a narrow baguette
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is compositionally built from 'French' (indicating origin or style) + 'loaf' (a shaped mass of bread), so a B1 learner who knows both words will infer it denotes a type of bread associated with France. Although the precise shape/name (baguette) is cultural knowledge, the overall concept is directly derivable from the constituents and is cross-linguistically common.
Etymology
French loaf comes from the long, thin bread made in France. The word French shows its origin and loaf means a whole piece of bread, so today French loaf means 'a long, thin loaf of white bread', like a baguette.