noun
bagel
BAY-gul/ˈbeɪɡl/
A dense, ring-shaped bread roll boiled before baking.
The cut bagel reveals its dense crumb beneath the browned crust.
Etymology
Yiddish beygl names the bread roll; its ancestry includes a word for a ring or bracelet. The connection is the roll’s circular shape, with a hole in the middle.
In context
The center of a bagel. If your bagel has a hole, you know. Well, my bucket's got a hole in it. Some bagels have so many are so puffy and big and loaded with carbs that there's no hole.
More examples
- She toasted a bagel for breakfast.
- We bought six fresh bagels.
- A little cream cheese covered the bagel.
Forms
bagel · bagels