🇬🇧🇪🇸 baguette - junquillo : English Lesson

Meaning of "baguette" ("junquillo"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A baguette is a long, skinny loaf of bread that started in France. It usually has a crispy, crunchy crust on the outside and a soft, fluffy inside. People often slice a baguette to make sandwiches, eat it with soup, or spread butter, cheese, or jam on it. You might see someone walking home from a bakery with a baguette sticking out of their bag because it’s so long.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

The baguette was so long that when I carried it, I kept accidentally poking the future with it.

I took the last piece of baguette, and suddenly I had fifteen new enemies at the dinner table.

Dad said, “Don’t play baseball inside,” right after I pitched him the baguette like a bat.

The baguette stuck so far out of the grocery bag that it looked like the bag had a bread antenna.

A baguette is usually about 65 cm long in France, which means it’s basically a licensed food sword.

At dawn, Anna buys a warm baguette, its crust crackling as she lifts the baguette from paper stamped 'baguette'. She tears the baguette; steam rises and the soft inside glows. A child snatches a piece, eyes wide. Anna pats the last baguette end, offers it, and they laugh with crumbs on hands, quietly happy.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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