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☆ pret·zel (pret′səl)

noun

a usually hard, brittle biscuit made from a slender roll of dough heavily sprinkled with salt and typically baked in the form of a loose knot or as a stick

Etymology: Ger brezel < OHG brezitella < ML *brachiatellum, dim. of *brachiatum, biscuit baked in form of crossed arms < L brachium, an arm: see brace

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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