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ba·gel
(bā′gəl)n.
A glazed, ring-shaped roll with a tough, chewy texture, made from plain yeast dough that is dropped briefly into nearly boiling water and then baked.
[Yiddish beygl, from Middle High German *böugel, diminutive of bouc, ring, from Old High German boug; see bheug- in Indo-European roots.]
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bagel
(ˈbeɪɡəl) orbeigel
n
(Cookery) a hard ring-shaped bread roll, characteristic of Jewish baking
[C20: from Yiddish beygel, ultimately from Old High German boug ring]
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ba•gel
(ˈbeɪ gəl)n.
a chewy, doughnut-shaped roll made of dough that is simmered in water and then baked.
[1930–35; < Yiddish]
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| Noun | 1. |  bagel - (Yiddish) glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crustYiddish - a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script onion bagel - bagel flavored with onion |
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