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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• bialys
  plural

Etymology

Origin of bialy

First recorded in 1960–65; after Białystok

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Example Sentences

“A lot of people pigeonholed her in the industry as a comedy actress,” Bialy said.

From New York Times • Jul. 8, 2022

Bialy, Thomas and Russell Scott are nominated twice this year, for “Dead to Me” along with “Handmaid’s Tale.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2020

Otis’s director of code and standards, Lou Bialy, published an article in Elevator World — the industry’s trade publication — detailing how the problem was not unique to Otis.

From Washington Post • Jul. 18, 2019

In a press conference days after the shooting, Bialy gushed about his late friend, Kendrick, “a fantastic and wholesome person” who “died a legend”.

From The Guardian • May 25, 2019

In 1604 he captured Dorpat, twice defeated the Swedish generals at Bialy Kamien, and was rewarded with the grand b�ton of Lithuania.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various