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kugels

kugels is the plural of kugel.

Meaning of kugel

Noun (1)

kugel (countable and uncountable, plural kugels)

  1. A traditional savoury or sweet Jewish dish consisting of a baked pudding of pasta, potatoes, or rice, with vegetables, or raisins and spices.
    • Many cooks prepare one kugel in honor of the Sabbath. Some families serve extra kugels in honor of a Yom Tov or Rosh Chodesh that falls on a Sabbath. Their idea is to serve as many kugels as there are Torah scrolls read in the synagogue. Kugel recipes run the gamut from sweet to salty, soft to...1988, “Evening and Morning Meals: Menu Plan”, in The Taste of Shabbos: The Complete Sabbath Cookbook, 2nd edition, Jerusalem, Israel: Aish HaTorah Women’s Organization, →ISBN, page 56
  2. (South Africa, broadly, derogatory, slang) A wealthy young Jewish woman characterized as materialistic and selfish.
    • She was minding her own business, taking a visitor from struggle days in London around the sights of the New South Africa, when she was recognised by a clutch of ageing kugels, out doing what kugels of all ages do on a Saturday morning in Hyde Park, namely shopping.2000, John Matshikiza, “With the Lid Off: February 1999 – May 2000”, in Todd Matshikiza, John Matshikiza, With the Lid Off: South African Insights from Home and Abroad, 1959–2000, Milpark...
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Noun (2)

kugel (plural kugels)

  1. A traditional hanging ornament of German origin, made of thin glass with a metal coating, usually spherical but also produced in other shapes such as bunches of grapes and drops.
    • Along one wall of the Motts' home is an array of kugels, or glass balls, antique forerunners of today's classic $3.99-a-dozen-at-the-local-drugstore ornaments. However, unlike those made today, antique kugels are considerably sturdier and served as more than just decorations. Kugels decorated the...1990 December, John Morell, “OC Style: Yuletide Collectibles”, in Orange Coast: The Magazine of Orange County, volume 16, number 12, Costa Mesa, Calif.: O.C.N.L., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 60, columns 2–3

Questions about kugels

What is kugels the plural of?
Kugels is the plural of kugel.

Words near kugels in the dictionary

  1. kugelhopf
  2. kugelhupf
  3. kugelhupfs
  4. kugelis
  5. Kugelmass
  6. kugels
  7. Kugler
  8. Kuglers
  9. kugyŏl
  10. kuh
  11. Kuhane

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