mandelbrot

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noun

A sort of cookie-like hard, sweet bread usually containing almonds traditionally eaten by Ashkenazi Jews and often dipped in tea.

UncommonScrabble 15

Meanings

mandelbrot1

nounmandelbrot (uncountable)

alternative mandelbread

  1. uncountableA sort of cookie-like hard, sweet bread usually containing almonds traditionally eaten by Ashkenazi Jews and often dipped in tea.

    Synonyms: mandel bread

Mandelbrot2

proper noun
  1. A surname from Polish.
nounMandelbrot (plural Mandelbrots)

plural Mandelbrots

  1. A fractal based on the boundary of the Mandelbrot set.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA sort of cookie-like hard, sweet bread usually containing almonds traditionally eaten by Ashkenazi Jews and often dipped in tea.

Also see

Origin

  1. GermanMandelbrot
  2. Englishmandelbrot

Spelling probably derived from German Mandelbrot. Compare Yiddish מאַנדלבראָט (mandlbrot, “almond bread”), which may have semantically influenced the English term.

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APA

mandelbrot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mandelbrot

MLA

“mandelbrot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mandelbrot. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mandelbrot,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mandelbrot.

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