PRETZEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pretzel mean? 

• PRETZEL (noun)
  The noun PRETZEL has 1 sense:

1. glazed and salted cracker typically in the shape of a loose knot

  Familiarity information: PRETZEL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRETZEL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Glazed and salted cracker typically in the shape of a loose knot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("pretzel" is a kind of...):

cracker (a thin crisp wafer made of flour and water with or without leavening and shortening; unsweetened or semisweet)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pretzel"):

soft pretzel (a pretzel made of soft bread)