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cragel

cragel noun: a combination of a croissant and a bagel.

Noun

cragel (plural cragels)

  1. A combination of a croissant and a bagel.
    • “We started working on the cragel as soon as we heard about the Cronut,” said Jenny Puente, a co-owner of House of Bagels in San Francisco.2014 April 5, Julia Moskin, “A real treat or half-baked?”, in Dayton Daily News, volume 137, number 174, page D7
    • > I didn't run across bagels in London, but I did find the Jewish ghetto / > (yes, that's what it's called) in Paris. OMG! If you think US bagels / > are bad, wait until you eat one of theirs. Those bagels are pastry; / > not even as close to a bagel as our steamed version is. :( / You're sure they...2014 September 16, Peter Lawrence, “Main Street Bagels?”, in ba.food (Usenet)

Examples of cragel in a sentence

  • Those bagels are pastry; / > not even as close to a bagel as our steamed version is. :( / You're sure they weren't cragels? (croissant + bagel)2014 September 16, Peter Lawrence, “Main Street Bagels?”, in ba.food (Usenet):
  • Well, we’ve had the cronut (croissant-donut hybrid), the cragel (croissant-bagel hybrid), the crookie (croissant-cookie), and now ... the kudossant, a croissant-waffle hybrid.2015 August 9, “It’s a croissant! It’s a waffle! It’s ...”, in The Record, page BL-2:
  • In 2014, more variations to desserts were introduced, including the “duffin” (a doughnut and muffin), “scruffin” (a scone and muffin), and “cragel” (half of a bagel combined with half of a croissant).2017, Justine J. Reel, Filling Up: The Psychology of Eating (The Psychology of Everyday Life), Greenwood, →ISBN, page 58:

Forms of cragel

pluralcragels

Origin of cragel

Blend of croissant + bagel.

Questions about cragel

What does cragel mean?
Cragel means a combination of a croissant and a bagel.
How do you use cragel in a sentence?
Those bagels are pastry; / > not even as close to a bagel as our steamed version is. :( / You're sure they weren't cragels? (croissant + bagel)
What part of speech is cragel?
Cragel is a noun.
What is the plural of cragel?
The plural of cragel is cragels.

Words near cragel in the dictionary

  1. Crag Foot
  2. crag martin
  3. crag martins
  4. crag-fast
  5. cragbound
  6. cragel
  7. cragels
  8. Crager
  9. Cragers
  10. cragfast
  11. Cragg

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