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knaydel

knaydel is the alternative spelling 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

Forms of knaydel

pluralknaydels

Questions about knaydel

What is knaydel the alternative spelling of?
Knaydel is the alternative spelling of knaidel.

Words near knaydel in the dictionary

  1. knaws
  2. knawvshawl
  3. knawvshawled
  4. knawvshawling
  5. knawvshawls
  6. knaydel
  7. knaydels
  8. knaydl
  9. knaydls
  10. KNCHR
  11. KNe

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