| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| kreplach |
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| SYLLABICATION: | krep·lach |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  kr p l  , -lä |
| PLURAL NOUN: | Small pockets of noodle dough filled with ground meat or cheese, usually boiled and served in soups. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Yiddish kreplech, pl. of krepel, from German dialectal Kräppel, fried pastry, variant of German Krapfen, from Middle High German krapfe, from Old High German kr pfo, hook (from their hooklike shape).
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