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PRETZEL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pretzel mean?
• PRETZEL (noun)
The noun PRETZEL has 1 sense:
1. glazed and salted cracker typically in the shape of a loose knot
Familiarity information: PRETZEL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Glazed and salted cracker typically in the shape of a loose knot
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("pretzel" is a kind of...):
cracker (a thin crisp wafer made of flour and water with or without leavening and shortening; unsweetened or semisweet)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pretzel"):
soft pretzel (a pretzel made of soft bread)
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