bialy

American  

[bee-ah-lee, byah-] / biˈɑ li, ˈbjɑ- /

noun

bialys plural

1. a round, flat, leavened, soft roll made of white flour, having a crusty bottom and a depression at the center that is typically filled with an onion and poppy seed mixture.

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Inflected Forms

noun

• bialys
  plural

Etymology

Origin of bialy

First recorded in 1960–65; after Białystok

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How does bialy compare to similar and commonly confused words? Explore the most common comparisons:

• bialy vs. bagel

Example Sentences

It could be that Bigo was trying to call Nancy a bialy, a holeless bagel, and simply lost his train of biadt.

From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2021

The bialy might have been custom-made for the job, particularly the ones at Shelsky’s, which are baked to a darker brown, their thumbprint divots filled with a more robustly caramelized onion confit, than garden-variety bialys.

From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2019

“We’ll be back to steakhouses again,” she lamented over bialy with onion jam and trout roe and whole stuffed porgy with pistachio rice, both well prepared if overly ample.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2017

Any self-respecting New Yorker - I daresay, any self-respecting foodie - knows the difference among baba ganoush, kimchi and a bialy.

From Washington Times • Sep. 24, 2014

While the 20-year-old California golfer, who now goes by the surname Foreman, ordered a bialy with egg, her gregarious Italian father forged a rapport with the diner's owner and some patrons.

From Golf Digest • Sep. 7, 2011