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# pretzel

«pretzel» in Mova's school dictionary: **A baked snack made from dough twisted into a loose knot…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a pretzel, pretzels)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A baked snack made from dough twisted into a loose knot shape, usually salty; it can be hard and crunchy or big and soft. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pretzel/#m1)

2) (informal) Something bent or twisted into a strange shape: «He twisted himself into a pretzel». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pretzel/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life pretzels are a popular snack from Germany and are common in the USA. In maths problems they are counted, shared or bought: «A bag holds 12 pretzels». The knot shape is used to talk about twists. Phrases: «soft pretzel», «pretzel sticks», «twisted like a pretzel».

### examples

- I had a salty pretzel at the fair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pretzel/#x1)
- There are 36 pretzels shared between 4 friends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pretzel/#x2)
- A soft pretzel costs $2. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pretzel/#x3)
- The yoga pose made me feel like a pretzel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pretzel/#x4)
- Pretzels come from Germany. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pretzel/#x5)
- The rope was tied like a pretzel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pretzel/#x6)
- Dad bought a bag of pretzel sticks for the trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pretzel/#x7)

### note

Countable: pretzels. Spelling: pre-T-Z-el. Pronounced PRET-sel. Watch out for salt if someone must eat less salt.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pretzel» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pretzel/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.