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French breads

French breads is the plural of French bread.

Meaning of French bread

Noun

French bread (usually uncountable, plural French breads)

  1. (informal, usually) 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.
  2. (usually) 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.
    • Boule refers to the shape of the traditional French breads—puffed rustic rounds scored by the village baker.2016, Sarah Black, One Dough, Ten Breads: Making Great Bread by Hand, page 62

Questions about French breads

What is French breads the plural of?
French breads is the plural of French bread.

Words near French breads in the dictionary

  1. French braid
  2. French braided
  3. French braiding
  4. French braids
  5. French bread
  6. French breads
  7. French Broad
  8. French Bulldog
  9. French Bulldogs
  10. French Camp
  11. French Canada

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