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Batard vs Boule - What's the difference?

batard | boule |

As a noun batard

is a bastard (person born to unmarried parents).

As a verb boule is

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batard

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A loaf of bread similar in shape to a baguette, but shorter (6 to 12 inches in length).

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    boule

    English

    (wikipedia boule)

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) boule

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One of the bowls used in the French game of boules.
  • A single-crystal ingot produced by synthetic means.
  • A round loaf of bread.
  • (woodworking) A through-sawn log with the slices restacked in the order and orientation they originally had in the log, usually with waney edges.
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    • Etymology 2

    Alteration of (Boulle). See buhl.

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (woodworking)
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