noun
strudel
STROO-duhl
noun
1
A pastry made of thin rolled layers of dough wrapped around a sweet filling, often apple.
"She served warm apple strudel with a scoop of vanilla ice cream."
How to Use Strudel
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA rolled pastry, most famously filled with spiced apples, popular in Austrian and German baking.
Common pairings
apple strudel
a slice of strudel
Word Forms
strudels plural
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Etymology
Borrowed from German Strudel, meaning "whirlpool" — a nod to the swirled, rolled shape of the pastry.