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streusel

/ˈstruː.zəl/

streusel noun: a crumbly topping for cakes and quick breads. It is made of sugar, flour, butter, and often other ingredients, especially cinnamon and chopped nuts.

Noun

streusel (countable and uncountable, plural streusels)

  1. A crumbly topping for cakes and quick breads. It is made of sugar, flour, butter, and often other ingredients, especially cinnamon and chopped nuts.

Forms of streusel

pluralstreusels

Origin of streusel

Borrowed from German Streusel. Related to strew.

Questions about streusel

What does streusel mean?
Streusel means a crumbly topping for cakes and quick breads. It is made of sugar, flour, butter, and often other ingredients, especially cinnamon and chopped nuts.
What part of speech is streusel?
Streusel is a noun.
How do you pronounce streusel?
Streusel is pronounced /ˈstruː.zəl/.
What is the plural of streusel?
The plural of streusel is streusels.

Words near streusel in the dictionary

  1. Stretton
  2. Stretton Westwood
  3. Stretton-on-Dunsmore
  4. Stretton-on-Fosse
  5. strettos
  6. streusel
  7. Streuselkuchen
  8. streusels
  9. streuth
  10. Strevens
  11. strew

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