BAGEL


Meaning of BAGEL in English

/bay"geuhl/ , n.

a leavened, doughnut-shaped, firm-textured roll, with a brownish glazed surface, made of dough first poached and then baked.

[ 1930-35; beygl; cf. dial. G Beugel baug- ring (see BEE 2 ) + * -il- n. suffix ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .