BAGEL
What does "BAGEL" mean?
A dense ring-shaped bread roll that is boiled before being baked.
Meanings
- A firm, ring-shaped yeast roll, briefly boiled then baked, often eaten split and toasted. He toasted a sesame bagel and smeared it with cream cheese.
- In tennis slang, a set won 6-0. She handed her opponent a bagel in the opening set. informal
Did you know?
- In tennis, winning a set 6-0 is called serving a 'bagel' - the round zero on the scoreboard looks just like the hole in the bread.
Word origin
From Yiddish 'beygl', from Middle High German 'bougel' meaning a ring or bracelet, related to the Germanic root for 'to bend' (as in 'bow').
Remember it
BAGEL has a hole right in the middle - and so does the word's meaning: the empty center is the whole point.
A little poem
Boiled, then sent to bake-
a circle keeps its center
by leaving it out.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why is a bagel the most philosophical bread? It's the only one that's defined by the hole in the middle.
What it teaches
Some things are made whole by what they leave out - the hole is not a flaw, it's the design.
Quick facts
What does BAGEL mean?
A dense ring-shaped bread roll that is boiled before being baked.
Is BAGEL a valid word?
Yes — BAGEL is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is BAGEL?
BAGEL has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does BAGEL come from?
From Yiddish 'beygl', from Middle High German 'bougel' meaning a ring or bracelet, related to the Germanic root for 'to bend' (as in 'bow').
What can BAGEL teach us?
Some things are made whole by what they leave out - the hole is not a flaw, it's the design.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.