Meaning & use
pretzel
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Meanings
nouncountable
A baked snack made from dough twisted into a knot or loop, usually salted and either crisp or chewy.
Grammar: Countable: you can say a pretzel, two pretzels, etc.
Patterns
- a bag of pretzels
- eat a pretzel
- bake pretzels
She bought a warm pretzel from the street vendor.
The kids shared a bag of pretzels while watching the movie.
He dipped his pretzel in mustard.
nouncountable
A baked bread product made from the same kind of dough, often larger and softer, shaped like a knot.
Grammar: Countable; often used in the plural when talking about the type of bread.
Patterns
- soft pretzel
- pretzel bread
- a pretzel roll
The bakery sells soft pretzels with cheese sauce.
We had pretzel rolls with our soup.
Word forms
| plural | pretzels |
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Common combinations
- soft pretzel
- A soft pretzel is chewy and often served warm.
- hard pretzel
- Hard pretzels are crunchy and come in small bags.
- salted pretzel
- She prefers salted pretzels over sweet snacks.
- pretzel stick
- He ate a pretzel stick as a quick snack.
- chocolate-covered pretzel
- Chocolate-covered pretzels make a nice gift.
Practice
Which sentence uses the word 'pretzel' correctly?
Choose one answer.
A pretzel is a baked snack that you eat, so 'ate a warm pretzel' is correct. The other options use 'pretzel' as a drink, clothing, or flying object, which does not match its meaning.
Make it your own
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