pretzel

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpɹɛt.səl/, [ˈpʰɹɛʔt͡sɫ̩]

Noun

pretzel (plural pretzels)

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

Translations

• French: bretzel
• German: Brezel, Pretzel, Breze
• Italian: brezel
• Portuguese: pretzel
• Russian: кре́ндель
• Spanish: pretzel

Translations

• Russian: кре́ндель

Verb

pretzel (pretzels, present participle pretzelling; past and past participle pretzelled)

1. (transitive, North American, informal) To bend, twist, or contort.

   Synonyms: bend, twist, contort

   They discovered a snake pretzelled into knots.

Synonyms

• pretzelize

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