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

While Dolan’s office said New York was “blessed with the greatest bagel stores in the world,” the cardinal waffled on announcing from which establishment he would be buying the goods.

From Los Angeles Times

You might have tastier pizza and bagels — although at least one food critic from New York thinks the best bagels are in Berkeley.

From Los Angeles Times

“I basically started this journal to keep from going mad,” he says over coffee and bagels at the Clark Street Diner in Hollywood.

From Los Angeles Times

I indulged in everything bagels, courtesy of Apollo Bagels, paired with smoked salmon cream cheese.

From Salon

The five-time major winner dropped just one game against Shibahara, who managed to hold serve early in the second set to avoid a dreaded 'double bagel'.

From BBC