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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A flat bread roll topped with onion flakes. Instead of a hole like a bagel, it has a depression in the middle.
2. 2
   flat crusty-bottomed onion roll wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

bagelbialystokerbuncroissantcrumpetdanish pastry

Etymology

From Yiddish ביאַלי (byali), from the Polish name of the city of Białystok.

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