(n.) A convex molding of rounded surface, generally from half to three quarters of a circle.
(n.) A round molding encircling a cannon near the mouth.
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Baguette
Definition:
(n.) A small molding, like the astragal, but smaller; a bead.
(n.) One of the minute bodies seen in the divided nucleoli of some Infusoria after conjugation.
Example Sentences:
(1) A standard baguette costs around €0.90 at the local boulangerie, a figure that hasn't changed significantly for over two years."
(2) Some are quirky, unexpected things that catch our attention: a blinking Christmas tree in February, the cartoon Madagascar showing on state TV, a basket of baguettes at the supermarket.
(3) The texture of a good baguette should be moist, very slightly chewy and with a hint of a nutty flavour.
(4) Determined to preserve American exceptionalism against a rising tide of baguette-munching ball-juggling pinko Europhile hippy surrender-communism, Ann Coulter has come to the rescue : "Any growing interest in soccer," she wrote to widespread amusement, "can only be a sign of the nation's moral decay."
(5) Crab toasts with samphire and radishes FOR 12 CANAPES orange juice of 1 lemons 2 lime 1 red wine vinegar 1 tbsp radishes 100g mixed white and brown crab meat 500g mayonnaise 4 tbsp baguette 25 thin slices samphire 24 small sprigs Squeeze the juice from the orange, lemons and lime into a mixing bowl then add the red wine vinegar.
(6) Not sure this is going to wow the small investors ( unless they've also got shares in the German software giant ) 11.24am BST Marc Bolland looks terribly pleased to report that Marks & Spencer's best performing bakery is at its new store in Paris -- yes, Britain is selling baguettes to the French.
(7) If I can just find a few thousand dollars, I know I can produce baguettes that people will love here.” So said a participant at one of our workshops last year, talking about his dream of starting his own business.
(8) "It's a very great honour to be making baguettes for the president," he said tactfully.
(9) The winning baker gets to deliver 40 baguettes to the Elysée presidential palace every morning for a year.
(10) The menu (noon to 3pm, Mon-Sat) is populist – fishcakes, a smoked salmon salad, steak baguette, pasta – but founded on sound local ingredients and delivered by a kitchen that can clearly cook.
(11) Contrary to what you see on diet shows, overweight people don’t all eat a baguette with two Ginsters pasties in it for breakfast, in just the same way that not all thin people eat lettuce with occasional handfuls of dust.
(12) John Lally has written in with distressing news for the Irish: ANNOUNCEMENT BY FIFA: "FOR THESE PLAY-OFFS THE AWAY GOALS RULE HAS BEEN SUSPENDED (IN THE CASE OF IRISH AWAY GOALS) AND SHOULD IRELAND PREVAIL 2-1 OVER FRANCE THEY WILL GO TO EXTRA TIME AND THEN A BAGUETTE-MAKING CONTEST."
(13) Now we go for the single entendre, and say things like, “That baguette looks a bit like a cock.” There’s no nuance now.
(14) (Adrià is not known, at the time of this writing, to have secreted enormous baguettes in major cities.)
(15) "For the French, culturally and psychologically, any real rise in living costs is reflected in the price of a baguette – still a daily purchase for many.
(16) I know of boulangers who make a special dough just for their competition baguette, but we aim for excellence all the time.
(17) And celebrating its 100th birthday yesterday, the Paris underground - for many foreigners as much a part of the French experience as baguettes, bidets and Bordeaux wine - could make a fair claim to being the world's most loved, most efficient and least expensive city transport system.
(18) With temperatures reaching more than 70C, Pham says, they have even managed to toast a baguette on the street.
(19) Serves 8 500g mixed red and yellow cherry tomatoes, halved 10-12 sundried tomatoes, sliced A few leaves of basil, shredded Salt and freshly ground black pepper Olive oil Balsamic vinegar ½ baguette or 1 loaf of ciabatta, sliced 1 garlic clove 1 Mix the cherry tomatoes with the sundried tomatoes and basil, season, then add a dash of olive oil and balsamic.
(20) I’ll stop off at Oh La La to pick up a ficelle (a kind of thin, flat baguette) and eat it at home, listening to a bit of Stan Getz.