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knaidels

knaidels is the plural of knaidel.

Meaning of knaidel

Noun

knaidel (plural knaidels or knaidlach or knaidloch)

  1. A type of dumpling made of matzo eaten by Ashkenazi Jews during Passover.
    • There she tests the offending knaydl. Once again the golf ball scoots around the bowl.1982, Bernard Harper Friedman, “Choosing a Name”, in Coming Close: A Novella and Three Stories as Alternative Autobiographies, page 168
    Synonyms:
    matzo ball

Questions about knaidels

What is knaidels the plural of?
Knaidels is the plural of knaidel.

Words near knaidels in the dictionary

  1. Knaggs
  2. Knaggses
  3. knaggy
  4. knags
  5. knaidel
  6. knaidels
  7. knaidl
  8. knaidlach
  9. knaidloch
  10. knaidls
  11. knap

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