Definition of Pumpernickel

1. Noun. Bread made of coarse rye flour.

Exact synonyms: Black Bread
Generic synonyms: Rye Bread

Definition of Pumpernickel

1. n. A sort of bread, made of unbolted rye, which forms the chief food of the Westphalian peasants. It is acid but nourishing.

Definition of Pumpernickel

1. Noun. A German sourdough bread made from rye ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pumpernickel

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pumpernickel

pump truck
pump up
pump well
pumpable
pumpage
pumpages
pumped
pumped(p)
pumped-up
pumped-up(a)
pumped up
pumped up(p)
pumpellyite
pumpellyites
pumper
pumpernickel (current term)
pumpernickels
pumpers
pumphood
pumphoods
pumping
pumping iron
pumping lemma
pumping lemmas
pumping lemmata
pumping station
pumping up
pumpion
pumpions
pumpjack

Literary usage of Pumpernickel

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1835)
"pumpernickel ; a coarse, heavy, brown bread, made, in Westphalia, ... or pumpernickel. The story is obviously made to fit the case. ..."

2. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1832)
"pumpernickel; a coarse, heavy,brown bread, made, in Westphalia, ... or pumpernickel. The story is obviously made to fit the cose. ..."

3. German Cookery for the English Kitchen by Ella Oswald (1906)
"This pudding may be improved by the addition of a tablespoonful of rum and of lemon juice and 3 oz. chopped candied peel. pumpernickel- Pudding. ..."

4. School and Home Education by George Pliny Brown, William Chandler Bagley (1907)
""The real pumpernickel. There is only one confectioner who can make it here. ... "Monsieur is right but the pumpernickel is very good." "We will see. ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Pumpernickel on Dictionary.com!Search for Pumpernickel on Thesaurus.com!Search for Pumpernickel on Google!Search for Pumpernickel on Wikipedia!

Search