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ba·gel (bā′gəl)

noun

a chewy bread roll made of yeast dough twisted into a small doughnutlike shape, cooked in simmering water, then baked

Etymology: NE Yiddish beygl < MHG *bougel > Austrian Ger beugel, kind of croissant; akin to Ger bügel, stirrup, orig. ring < beugen, to bend: for IE base see bow

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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