pretzel

Knotty baked treat

A pretzel is a baked bread product twisted into a distinctive knot shape, typically salted on the outside.

Soft pretzels are large, chewy, and eaten fresh; hard pretzels are small, crispy snacks.

The twisted shape has made pretzel a verb and adjective for contortion: She pretzel-twisted herself into the yoga pose, pretzel logic.

baking

dough

Flour-liquid mixture for baking

lye · salt · oven · proofing · gluten · rising · bakery · baker · golden · crust

shape

twisted

Wound around itself

coil · braided · traditional · crossed · arms · contorted · looped · interlaced · figure-eight · symmetrical

bavarian

Oktoberfest

Massive Bavarian brewing celebration

  • beerFermented grain drink
  • MunichBavaria's largest city
  • BavariaSoutheastern German state

Germany · mustard · lederhosen · dirndl · stein · sauerkraut · weissbier · street vendor · beer hall · fairground

varieties

soft

Yielding to touch

  • hardFirm or demanding
  • sticksSlender wood pieces
  • rodsThin cylindrical shafts

twists · nuggets · bites · stuffed · cinnamon sugar · jalapeño · frozen · Auntie Anne's · Philadelphia · sourdough

snack

crunchy

Breaking with sound

snackable · ballpark · concession · movie theater · stadium · vending · bagged · handheld · portable · party

Categories
Phrases
Family

pretzels, pretzelled, pretzelling, pretzeled

Familiarity
Top 20,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G