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Webster 1913 Edition


Pretzel

Pret′zel

,
Noun.
[G.
pretzel
,
bretzel
. Cf.
Bretzel
.]
A kind of German biscuit or cake in the form of a twisted ring, salted on the outside.

Definition 2024


pretzel

pretzel

English

Noun

pretzel (plural pretzels)

  1. A toasted bread or cracker usually in the shape of a loose knot.
  2. Anything that is knotted, twisted, or tangled.

Verb

pretzel (third-person singular simple present pretzels, present participle pretzelling or (US) pretzeling, simple past and past participle pretzelled or (US) pretzeled)

  1. (transitive, Canada, US) To bend, twist, or contort.
    They discovered a snake pretzelled into knots.

Translations


Portuguese

Noun

pretzel m (plural pretzels)

  1. to pretzel (toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot)