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# bagel

noun (a bagel, bagels)

«bagel» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A ring-shaped bread roll with a hole in the middle, boiled before it is baked, so it is chewy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bagel/#m1)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bagel/#x1)
- The bakery sells bagels for 1 dollar each. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bagel/#x2)
- Dad toasted two bagels. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bagel/#x3)
- A bag of 6 bagels costs 4 dollars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bagel/#x4)
- She cut the bagel in half. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bagel/#x5)
- Sesame bagels are my favourite. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bagel/#x6)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bagel» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bagel/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bagel» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bagel.html) on Mova free.