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Bagel vs Koulouri - What's the difference?

bagel | koulouri |

Koulouri is a synonym of bagel.



As nouns the difference between bagel and koulouri

is that bagel is a toroidal bread roll that is boiled before it is baked while koulouri is a bagel or ring doughnut shaped bread roll covered with sesame seeds, often sold on the streets of Greece.

bagel

English

Alternative forms

* beigel (UK)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A toroidal bread roll that is boiled before it is baked.
  • (tennis, slang) A score of 6-0 in a set (after the shape of a bagel, which looks like a zero).
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011
  • , date=January 30 , author=Piers Newbery , title=Australian Open: Djokovic too good for Murray in final , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=The Scot, who had been close to a two-set deficit in his semi-final against David Ferrer, avoided the dreaded bagel by seeing off a set point at 5-0 down before finally breaking the Djokovic serve to love as he began to go for his shots with the set seemingly gone. }}
  • (slang, among South African Jews) An overly materialistic and excessively groomed young man.
  • See also

    * Beuge * beugen * Beugung * Biege * biegen * Biegung * donut, doughnut * torus, toroid

    References

    * * (wikipedia "bagel")

    Anagrams

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    koulouri

    English

    Noun

    (koulouria)
  • A bagel or ring doughnut shaped bread roll covered with sesame seeds, often sold on the streets of Greece.
  • Synonyms

    * simit * Turkish bagel