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flatbread

[ flat-bred ]

noun

  1. Also flat bread. any of various often unleavened breads baked in a flat, usually round or oval shape, as those eaten in India, the Middle East, and Italy.
  2. Also ڱ·ǻ [] a thin, waferlike bread, usually rye, baked especially in Scandinavian countries.


flatbread

/ ˈڱæˌɛ /

noun

  1. a type of thin unleavened bread
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of flatbread1

First recorded in 1875–80; perhaps originally translation of Norwegian ڱٲö
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He described how he and the three other hostages with him were given one meal a day and they would divide a single flatbread, or pitta, into quarters to share.

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For two-legged customers, cocktails, wines, beers and ciders are available, along with flatbread pizzas.

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Visit any household and you will find cassava roasting on the fire, being toasted into a chewy flatbread called casabe, fermenting into the beer called masato, and steaming in soups and stews.

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I’ll make that with maybe some flatbreads or naan and a yogurt dip on the side, then some sort of dal.

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I end up, unintentionally, at another hotel for dinner, where the bartender explains to me that the red, green and white dollops on the flatbread represent the Lebanese flag.

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