soft pretzel
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- noun
- /sɔft ˈprɛtsəl/
- US
:
pretzel blando
- Can I get you a soft pretzel with melted cheese?
- a hot soft pretzel
- a large soft pretzel
- snacks like soft pretzels
Examples
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I remember fondling it excessively while I snacked on a soft pretzel in the food court and a rather dramatic strike-and-parry in front of the bathroom mirror.
Fiction book (2002) -
Eating soft pretzels.
Blog text (23) -
I hope they don't find out about those soft pretzels I sold as a kid out of a soda box.
Blog text (15) -
From the street vendor at the corner of Sutton Place, Leo got a soft pretzel and a hot dog.
Fiction book (1994) -
There was a silver lining to the morning: Germany and pretzels—as pretzels go, they are second only to Philly soft pretzels.
Blog text (9) -
After a long walk, I enjoyed a warm soft pretzel sprinkled with coarse salt from the vendor.
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At the fair, everyone was excited to try the fresh and warm soft pretzels available at the food stand.
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She paired her soup with a delicious, buttery soft pretzel for a satisfying lunch.
How Soft
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a type of pretzel that is soft/doughy' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'soft' (not hard) with 'pretzel' (a baked snack). This simple adjective + noun compounding follows regular English composition and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Soft pretzel comes from the food itself: soft describes the tender, bendy dough and pretzel is the twisted knot shape of the bread. That's why the name means a 'soft, doughy, often warm pretzel'.