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bagel

bagel

140 1.0
A round bread roll with a hole in the middle, chewy inside and crisp outside
  • noun
  • /ˈbeɪɡəl/
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  • I have an everything bagel toasted with cream cheese.

You didn't say you need a bagel, you said protein.

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Examples

  • I'll make you a bagel, lox and cream cheese.

  • Bernie, get me a bagel and cream cheese, will you?

  • This is our third bagel store near our house.

  • What do you want in your bagel?

  • Is this the best bagel you've ever tried?

  • And I stuffed five bagels into a bag and handed it to the man.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • You can have egg salad on one of his bagels. "Who ever heard of egg salad on a bagel?"

    Fiction book (1991)
  • I ordered a fresh bagel with cream cheese and smoked salmon for breakfast.

  • We enjoyed our weekend brunch at a café famous for its homemade bagels.

  • She spread butter on her warm bagel and took a big bite.

Synonyms

onion bagel
vsbagel
2 1.0

A round bread roll made with onion and often eaten for breakfast

is the plain ring-shaped roll boiled then baked with a chewy interior
pizza bagel
vsbagel
  • US
2 1.2

A bagel topped with tomato sauce and cheese, then baked or toasted

is a boiled then baked ring-shaped roll with a chewy interior and crisp crust

Compounds

2 1.0

A round bread roll made with onion and often eaten for breakfast

2 1.2

A bagel topped with tomato sauce and cheese, then baked or toasted

bagel belt
  • Informal
9.9

A belt worn as a joke that holds or looks like a bagel

How Filling

pizza
1.0
pizza bagel
  • US
2 1.2
bagel
140 1.0
slice
194 1.0
cracker
  • US
114 1.0

Surface Forms

bagel singular
bagels plural

Etymology

The word bagel comes from the Yiddish beygl, which meant 'ring' or 'bracelet' and came from an old German word for 'to bend'. So a bagel is literally a 'bread ring', which explains its round shape and hole in the middle.