bagel

ba·gel  (bgl)

n.

A glazed, ring-shaped roll with a tough, chewy texture, made from plain yeast dough that is dropped briefly into nearly boiling water and then baked.

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[Yiddish beygl, from Middle High German *böugel, diminutive of bouc, ring, from Old High German boug; see bheug- in Indo-European roots.]

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bagel, beigel [ˈbeɪg^əl]

n

(Cookery) a hard ring-shaped bread roll, characteristic of Jewish baking

[from Yiddish beygel, ultimately from Old High German boug ring]

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bagel - (Yiddish) glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust beigel Yiddish - a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script bun, roll - small rounded bread either plain or sweet onion bagel - bagel flavored with onion