bagel

[ bey-guhl ]

noun

1. a leavened, doughnut-shaped, firm-textured roll, with a brownish glazed surface, made of dough first poached and then baked.

bagel

/ ˈbeɪɡəl /

noun

1. a hard ring-shaped bread roll, characteristic of Jewish baking

Word History and Origins

Origin of bagel¹

1930–35; < Yiddish beygl; compare dialectal German Beugel < Germanic *baug- ring ( bee ² ) + *-il- noun suffix

Word History and Origins

Origin of bagel¹

C20: from Yiddish beygel , ultimately from Old High German boug ring

Example Sentences

If you love bagels, you’ll probably want one with wider slots.

From Popular-Science

We slice bagels into ½ -inch slices vertically instead of slicing the bagel once horizontally.

From Washington Post

Someday in the not-too-distant future you might be able to nosh on a bagel with real schmear that doesn’t contribute to the climate crisis.

From Popular-Science

Crosby joked that he grew up in “a tough neighborhood,” where he was part of a gang that also included a pickpocket known as “One-Finger Louie” who stole nothing but bagels and doughnuts.

From Washington Post

This two-slice toaster from Breville has a five-stage browning dial and buttons for bagel, frozen, cancel, and “a bit more.”

From Popular-Science

He orders a toasted bagel and asks to charge it to a room he is certainly not staying in.

From The Daily Beast

Teachout took a question on redistricting and another on her favorite kind of bagel.

From The Daily Beast

He puts a bagel in the conveyer toaster, but it never comes out the other end.

From The Daily Beast

He reaches in—and pulls out the charred bagel, one half at a time.

From The Daily Beast

Just this morning, while enjoying breakfast at a chain bagel shop, I was entertained with 30 minutes of uninterrupted jazz.

From The Daily Beast

But donner and bagel, what need you be so curious about the life of this boy, who is neither your bloot nor kin?

From Project Gutenberg

The traffic was mostly bicycling bankers stopping for a fresh bagel on their way down to the business district.

From Project Gutenberg