pull-apartadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈpʊləpɑːt/, U.S.

/ˈpʊləˌpɑrt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pull v., apart adv.¹

Etymology: < pull v. + apart adv.¹

Originally U.S.

A. adj.

1. Able to be pulled apart.

ΚΠ

1920 Ada (Okla.) Weekly News 2 Dec. (Planter & Ranchman Suppl.) 3/2 A ‘Pull-Apart’ [toy] circus..should be equally popular with girls and boys.

1956 Arlington Heights (Illinois) Herald 22 Mar. 64/6 Pullapart coffee cake. 78c.

1988 New Yorker 1 Aug. 39/1 Large pull-apart dinner rolls.

2005 N.Y. Times Mag. 20 Feb. 49/1 Whoopi [Goldberg] likes the monkey bread... It's a pull-apart bread.

2. That causes something to be pulled apart; that is involved in pull-apart (see sense B. 1).

ΚΠ

1954 Sun (Baltimore) 6 Feb. (B ed.) 2/5 As the concrete sets these wires are tightened by special jacks, thus..getting rid of the pull-apart tendency in advance.

1990 P. Kearey & F. J. Vine Global Tectonics vii. 124 Tension gives rise to an extensional trough known as a pull-apart basin.

2005 Tectonophysics 406 81 The Palaeogene Judge Daly basin formed in transtensional segments by pull-apart mechanism.

B. n.

1. Chiefly Geology. An act, the action, or the result of being separated or torn apart by pulling.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [noun] > forcible separation > pulling apart

diductiona1640

pull-apart1951

1951 Special Publ. Soc. Econ. Paleontol. & Mineral. No. 2. 89 (caption) ‘Pull-apart’ developed in a laminated bed of clay lying on gravel bed and covered by silts.

1971 Nature 2 July 21/1 Fig. 3 shows the initial opening of the proto-North Atlantic Ocean and the pull-apart of North and South America.

1990 P. Kearey & F. J. Vine Global Tectonics vii. 125 (caption) At a double bend a pull-apart forms at a releasing bend and deformation and uplift at a restraining bend.

2. A pull-apart pastry or roll.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > pastry > other pastry articles > [noun]

crisp?c1390

mellinder1604

baby cakea1637

cannelons1733

yule-dough1777

vol-au-vent1828

sausage roll1852

cheese fingers1863

cheese straw1866

horn1908

pig in a blanket1926

brik1938

chin-chin1948

pull-apart1958

fortune cookie1962

feuilleté1970

money bag1993

1958 Van Nuys (Calif.) News 10 July 9 b/3 Orange custard pullapart..45c.

1990 N. Blei Chi Town 351 Moravsky, a pull-apart with a cheese bottom and apricot top.

1993 M. Crichton Disclosure iii. 263 Stopping at the Bainbridge Bakery to buy a pull-apart and a cup of cappuccino.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pull-apart
释义	pull-apartadj.n. Brit. /ˈpʊləpɑːt/, U.S. /ˈpʊləˌpɑrt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pull v., apart adv.¹ Etymology: < pull v. + apart adv.¹ Originally U.S. A. adj. 1. Able to be pulled apart. ΚΠ 1920 Ada (Okla.) Weekly News 2 Dec. (Planter & Ranchman Suppl.) 3/2 A ‘Pull-Apart’ [toy] circus..should be equally popular with girls and boys. 1956 Arlington Heights (Illinois) Herald 22 Mar. 64/6 Pullapart coffee cake. 78c. 1988 New Yorker 1 Aug. 39/1 Large pull-apart dinner rolls. 2005 N.Y. Times Mag. 20 Feb. 49/1 Whoopi [Goldberg] likes the monkey bread... It's a pull-apart bread. 2. That causes something to be pulled apart; that is involved in pull-apart (see sense B. 1). ΚΠ 1954 Sun (Baltimore) 6 Feb. (B ed.) 2/5 As the concrete sets these wires are tightened by special jacks, thus..getting rid of the pull-apart tendency in advance. 1990 P. Kearey & F. J. Vine Global Tectonics vii. 124 Tension gives rise to an extensional trough known as a pull-apart basin. 2005 Tectonophysics 406 81 The Palaeogene Judge Daly basin formed in transtensional segments by pull-apart mechanism. B. n. 1. Chiefly Geology. An act, the action, or the result of being separated or torn apart by pulling. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [noun] > forcible separation > pulling apart diductiona1640 pull-apart1951 1951 Special Publ. Soc. Econ. Paleontol. & Mineral. No. 2. 89 (caption) ‘Pull-apart’ developed in a laminated bed of clay lying on gravel bed and covered by silts. 1971 Nature 2 July 21/1 Fig. 3 shows the initial opening of the proto-North Atlantic Ocean and the pull-apart of North and South America. 1990 P. Kearey & F. J. Vine Global Tectonics vii. 125 (caption) At a double bend a pull-apart forms at a releasing bend and deformation and uplift at a restraining bend. 2. A pull-apart pastry or roll. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > pastry > other pastry articles > [noun] crisp?c1390 mellinder1604 baby cakea1637 cannelons1733 yule-dough1777 vol-au-vent1828 sausage roll1852 cheese fingers1863 cheese straw1866 horn1908 pig in a blanket1926 brik1938 chin-chin1948 pull-apart1958 fortune cookie1962 feuilleté1970 money bag1993 1958 Van Nuys (Calif.) News 10 July 9 b/3 Orange custard pullapart..45c. 1990 N. Blei Chi Town 351 Moravsky, a pull-apart with a cheese bottom and apricot top. 1993 M. Crichton Disclosure iii. 263 Stopping at the Bainbridge Bakery to buy a pull-apart and a cup of cappuccino. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1920
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