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bagel Definition

ba·gel (gəl)

noun

a chewy bread roll made of yeast dough twisted into a small doughnutlike shape, cooked in simmering water, then baked

Etymology: NE Yiddish beygl < MHG *bougel > Austrian Ger beugel, kind of croissant; akin to Ger bügel, stirrup, orig. ring < beugen, to bend: for IE base see bow

bagel Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • toast: Please, look - I'll make you a nice toasted bagel!
  • fill: Alternatively, why not have a complete snack bar by adding freshly filled bagels to the menu.
  • buy: I was hungry so went to the bagel and juice store and bought a bagel and hot chocolate, it was not cheap!
  • eat: Well, I am, and eating bagels doesn't really threaten that.
  • have: And I'll bet it's been a long time since you've had a really good bagel, too.
  • serve: But gradually I began to realize that not only did they serve great bagels but also Buddhists were not so bad!

Adjective modifier

  • good: And I'll bet it's been a long time since you've had a really good bagel, too.
  • plain: A plain bagel which cost 90 pence in December now costs 1.60 euros an increase of 35 per cent.
  • large: Slices small and large bagels and is dishwasher safe.
  • mini: For a late night snack, I had a mini wheat bagel with butter and cream cheese.

Modifies a noun

  • shop: It is now a bagel shop, which has been closed for refurbishment.

Noun used with modifier

  • cheese: Tim made everyone on are bus cream cheese bagels they were so yummy!
  • cream: Tim made everyone on are bus cream cheese bagels they were so yummy!
  • raisin: Or how does fresh fruit or a toasty raisin bagel with cream cheese sound?
  • salmon: Smoked salmon bagel 1 bagel filled with 1tbsp low-fat soft cheese and 1 slice smoked salmon.
  • onion: You sold me a futon and I gave you a dozen onion bagels.
  • breakfast: Breakfast bagel Spread a bagel with 1 tablespoon of Quark.

Preposition: with

  • cheese: I had some breakfast - toasted bagels with very low fat cream cheese.
  • butter: For a late night snack, I had a mini wheat bagel with butter and cream cheese.

Preposition: for

  • lunch: We stopped for yummy bagels for lunch and then we were off through the mountains!
bagel Quotes

Faster and faster it rolled, with me running after it bent low, gritting my teeth, and I found myself doubled over and rolling down the street head over heels, one complete somersault after another like a bagel and strangely happy with myself.

—Ignatow, David

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