| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ba·gel |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b  g l |
| NOUN: | A glazed, ring-shaped roll with a tough, chewy texture, made from plain yeast dough that is dropped briefly into nearly boiling water and then baked. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Yiddish beygl, from Middle High German *böugel, diminutive of bouc, ring, from Old High German boug. See bheug- in Appendix I.
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