cruller

or krul·ler

[ kruhl-er ]

noun

1. a rich, light cake cut from a rolled dough and deep-fried, usually having a twisted oblong shape and sometimes topped with sugar or icing.
2. Also called French cruller. a rich, light, raised doughnut, often with a ridged surface and sometimes topped with white icing.

cruller

/ ˈkrʌlə /

noun

1. a light sweet ring-shaped cake, fried in deep fat

Word History and Origins

Origin of cruller¹

1795–1805, Americanism; < Dutch krul curl + -er ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of cruller¹

C19: from Dutch krulle, from krullen to curl

Example Sentences

We owe to them the doughnut, the cruller, cookies, and many other delicious articles of skillful cookery.

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There were three cookies, a cruller, and some chocolates in a box near the bottom.

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They had each had a cruller on leaving home, but had eaten them up before embarking on the ice-boat voyage.

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Under low lodges of canvas or bowers of pine branches the women were at work boiling meat or cooking a rude sort of cruller.

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So I made no remarks upon the cruller, and finally Ma give a gulp and gasped out the bad news.

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Related Words

• bread
• doughnut
• muffin
• pastry
• scone