bialy

American  

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

noun

plural

bialys

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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Etymology

Origin of bialy

First recorded in 1960–65; after Białystok

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• bialy vs. bagel

Example Sentences

Harvey Averne begins most days with a bialy and whitefish salad.

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Then he reached into a bag by his side and handed me a fresh bialy.

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Every day, I would order the same thing — a bialy with cream cheese and a large coffee — from a counterman who never said a word.

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And a really good trip back would include a bialy from Kossar’s and a slice from Upside Pizza or Joe’s in the Village.

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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.

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