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croissants

croissants is the plural of croissant.

Meaning of croissant

Noun

croissant (plural croissants)

  1. A flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent.
    • By my side was the empty bowl in which the concierge had brought me my café au lait and the fragment of croissant which I had not had appetite enough to eat. I heard the concierge in the next room emptying my bath.1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter XXXIV, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC, page 175

Questions about croissants

What is croissants the plural of?
Croissants is the plural of croissant.

Words near croissants in the dictionary

  1. croissandwiches
  2. croissant
  3. croissanterie
  4. croissanteries
  5. croissantlike
  6. croissants
  7. croisé
  8. croisés
  9. Croix-des-Bouquets
  10. Croixan
  11. crojack

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