: a brittle or chewy glazed usually salted slender bread often shaped like a loose knot
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Increase sodium intake: Consuming salty foods and snacks such as pretzels, pickles, and soy sauce can increase your sodium intake and help stabilize your blood pressure.
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Heidi Cope, Health, 6 Nov. 2024
Pizza, pretzels, venison or quail sliders are also on offer.
—Worth Sparkman, Axios, 28 Oct. 2024
Fifteen days later, in a place called Farmington Hills, Michigan, Harris recalls the pretzel factory.
—Nathan Heller, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2024
Festival attendees can also grab pretzels from Milwaukee Pretzel company and check out the Pig Tailz and Smokin' Jacks BBQ food trucks.
—Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 1 Oct. 2024
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Heidi Cope, Health, 6 Nov. 2024
Pizza, pretzels, venison or quail sliders are also on offer.
—Worth Sparkman, Axios, 28 Oct. 2024
Fifteen days later, in a place called Farmington Hills, Michigan, Harris recalls the pretzel factory.
—Nathan Heller, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2024
Festival attendees can also grab pretzels from Milwaukee Pretzel company and check out the Pig Tailz and Smokin' Jacks BBQ food trucks.
—Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Pretzel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pretzel. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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pretzel
noun
pret·zel
ˈpret-səl 
: a brown cracker that is salted and usually hard and shaped like a loose knot
Etymology
from German Brezel "pretzel," derived from Latin brachiatus (adjective) "having branches like arms," from brachium, "arm" — related to brace entry 2
Word Origin
Pretzels were probably first made in the U.S. during the 19th century by immigrants from Germany. The English word pretzel comes from the German Brezel. The familiar knot-shaped pretzel has been known in Germanic countries for centuries. Its German name comes from the Latin brachiatus, which means "having branches like arms." The pretzel likely got its name because its knot shape looks something like a pair of folded arms.
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