bagel

«bagel» in Mova's school dictionary: A ring-shaped bread roll with a hole in the middle… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a bagel, bagels)

meaning for a pupil

A ring-shaped bread roll with a hole in the middle, boiled before it is baked, so it is chewy. tree →

sense in the lessons

Everyday food word, common in the USA, Canada, the UK and elsewhere for breakfast or lunch. Appears in maths shopping and sharing problems (a dozen bagels, cut a bagel in half). Phrases: «a toasted bagel», «a bagel with cream cheese», «a sesame bagel».

examples

• I had a bagel with cream cheese for breakfast. tree →
• The bakery sells bagels for 1 dollar each. tree →
• Dad toasted two bagels. tree →
• A bag of 6 bagels costs 4 dollars. tree →
• She cut the bagel in half. tree →
• Sesame bagels are my favourite. tree →

note

Countable. Pronounced «BAY-gul». Not the same as a doughnut (sweet and fried). In maths: «a dozen bagels» = 12; «a baker's dozen» = 13.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bagel» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.