jumble
1
8.2
A small crisp ring-shaped cake often flavored with spices
- noun
- /ˈdʒʌmbəl/
- Archaic
:
rosquilla
- At the bakery, I picked up a box of jumbles to enjoy with my tea in the afternoon.
- word jumble
Examples
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" It's odd to think nearly all books become musty, forgotten in some damp basement in a village library, or sold at a jumble sale.
Fiction book (1999) -
She baked a batch of jumbles seasoned with caraway seeds for the festive gathering.
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The children were excited to taste the crispy jumbles that grandma had made for them.
Synonyms
spice cookie
vsjumble
1
2.5
A sweet baked treat flavored with warm spices like cinnamon
focuses on a particular spice rather than a mixed spice blend
jumbal
vsjumble
9.9
A small flat cookie with a hole in the middle, often sweet and spiced
is more often spiced and commonly uses a specific spice such as caraway
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Jumbles were small ring-shaped cakes where the dough was often twisted or 'jumbled' into a knot, and a helpful way to remember the name is to picture the dough looped into little rings. That's why jumbles came to mean a crisp, spiced cookie shaped like a ring.