schmeer
1
8.6
A soft spread put on bread or bagels
- noun
- /ʃmɪr/
- US
:
capa
- Rizzo, is bagel with schmeer and hominy grit ready.
Examples
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Dear Jesus, please forgive me... for not praying before I had a bite of my bagel and schmeer.
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She spread a generous layer of schmeer on her toasted bagel for breakfast.
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Before eating her bagel, she added a thick schmeer of cream cheese on top.
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He prefers his bagel with a light schmeer of flavored cream cheese.
Synonyms
cream cheese
vsschmeer
47
1.0
A soft fresh cheese you spread on bread or crackers
is the general applied layer rather than the specific dairy product
spread
vsschmeer
11
1.1
A soft food used on bread, like butter or jam
refers specifically to a soft layer applied to bread or bagels
2
9.2
A layer of soft food like cream cheese on a bagel
has the same meaning but uses an alternate spelling
cheese spread
vsschmeer
1
1.0
A soft food made from cheese mixed with butter, cream, or spices to spread on bread
is the soft layer used specifically on bread or bagels
Antonyms
How Much
Surface Forms
Etymology
Schmeer comes from Yiddish schmear, which meant 'to spread' and is like the English word smear. So a schmeer is a soft 'spread', like cream cheese or butter on bread or a bagel.