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bagel
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun bagel has 1 sense
- bagel(n = noun.food) beigel - (Yiddish) glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust; Array is a kind of bun, roll
has particulars: onion bagel
CIDE DICTIONARY
bagel, n. [Yiddish beygl, prob. fr. dial. G. Beugel. RHUD ].
a glazed leavened doughnut-shaped roll with a hard crust.
"A similar roll in Russia is called a bublik ."
[WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
bagel, n. (also beigel) US a hard bread roll in the shape of a ring.
Etymology
Yiddish beygel
THESAURUS
bagel
Danish, Danish pastry, English muffin, Parker House roll, Yorkshire pudding, bialy, bialystoker, bun, clover-leaf roll, coffee cake, crescent roll, croissant, cross bun, crumpet, gem, hard roll, hot cross bun, kaiser roll, muffin, onion roll, pinwheel roll, popover, roll, scone, soft roll
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