English

A Kaiser roll featuring its characteristic star.

Noun

Kaiser roll ‎(plural Kaiser rolls)

1. A typically crusty round bread roll supposedly invented in Vienna, made from flour, barm, malt, water, and salt, and whose characteristic feature is a five-spoked propeller- or pinwheel-like star on its obverse.
   • Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes, August 09, 2010

     Calvin: Help! A bee! A bee! Run for your life!
     Hobbes! Did you see it?? It was the biggest bee in the world! It was the size of a Kaiser roll! It must’ve weighed 70 pounds!

Synonyms

• (star-emblazoned round bread roll): Vienna roll

See also

• Kümmelweck

Translations

External links

• Kaiser roll on Wikipedia.Wikipedia