κουλούρι — meaning in English

English meaning

• bagel noun A dense, ring-shaped bread roll that's boiled briefly before being baked.

Senses

κουλούρι is used for these senses in English:

• bagel A toroidal bread roll that is boiled before it is baked.
• koulouri A bagel or ring doughnut shaped bread roll covered with sesame or sunflower seeds, often sold on the streets of Greece and Cyprus.
• simit A ring-shaped bread roll covered with sesame seeds.

bagel — full definition

1. noun A dense, ring-shaped bread roll that's boiled briefly before being baked.
2. noun In tennis, a set won or lost by a score of 6–0, named for the shape of the "0" resembling a bagel.

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