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muesli

muesli

3 3.4
A cold breakfast of raw oats, nuts, seeds and dried fruit eaten with milk
  • noun
  • /ˈmjuːzli/
translation icon : muesli
  • She started her day with a healthy mixture of muesli, yogurt, and sliced bananas.
  • muesli with yogurt
  • muesli with dried fruit
  • Bircher muesli

Examples

  • First, you get cereal; I used some standard muesli from our local Aldi.

    Blog text (13)

  • When I opened the first one, a moth flew out, so I went for the second one, which was something called Tropical Muesli.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • So I got gluten free Muesli and coconut yogurt and lots of fruit.

  • I used to always order raisin toast when I ate breakfast out, or pancakes, but now I usually have muesli and fruit, haha.

    Blog text (18)

  • I grinned stupidly, and by doing so, I confirmed his false assumption, lowered my head, and spooned the muesli into my mouth.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • For breakfast, I usually enjoy a bowl of muesli with milk and fresh berries.

  • After a long hike, we prepared a filling meal of muesli topped with dried fruits and nuts.

Synonyms

cereal
vsmuesli
195 1.0

A food made from grains that you eat with milk for breakfast

is a specific raw mixed version rather than processed grain products
oatmeal
vsmuesli
80 1.0

Soft cooked oats eaten for breakfast

is eaten raw as a dry mixed breakfast not cooked into porridge
farfel
vsmuesli
  • US
9.9

Small toasted grains from wheat or barley eaten for breakfast and as a side

is a mixed raw blend of grains not individual toasted pellets

Compounds

muesli muncher
  • Informal
9.1

A person who often eats muesli for a healthy breakfast

How Filling

porridge
27 1.0
granola
22 2.0
muesli
3 3.4
yogurt
  • US
176 1.0
fruit salad
13 1.0

Surface Forms

muesli singular
mueslis plural

Etymology

Muesli comes from Swiss German Müsli, a small form of Mues that means 'mash' or 'porridge'. So calling it muesli is like saying 'little mush', which helps you remember it is a soft mix of oats, fruit and nuts eaten for breakfast.