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flatbread

flatbread

5 1.7
A thin, flat bread made from flour and water, often without yeast, like pita or naan
  • noun
  • /ˈflætˌbrɛd/
translation icon : pan plano
  • The bacon, egg and cheese flatbread doesn't smell bad.
  • grill flatbread
  • bake flatbread
  • flatbread pizza

I was looking forward to a nice flatbread but I guess I won't have the flatbread.

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Examples

  • I had a gluten-free Reuben sandwich on a gluten-free flatbread last week in Pennsylvania.

    Blog text (31)

  • Then I removed the birds from the broth, dried them, rubbed them with garlic, and served them on small flatbreads made with barley flour, baked on a hot surface.

    Academic text (2004)

  • Then it is rolled out to a flatbread and cooked on a flat pan.

    Blog text (6)

  • I had something for lunch today that I haven't had in a while: veggie flatbread pizza!

    Blog text (6)

  • The people in downtown Oakland loved our potato and loved the potato flatbread that Mani was giving out to the spectators.

    Blog text (2)

  • One of the staples of authentic Indian cuisine is of course naan, the indigenous flatbread.

    Ideal Home (2018)

  • Especially in the Punjab, Julie Sahni reports, one comes upon corn griddle cakes and corn-and-wheat flatbreads (chapatis).

    Academic text (1992)

  • For dinner, we enjoyed delicious pizza served on a homemade flatbread base.

  • She ordered a Mediterranean platter that included hummus and warm flatbread for dipping.

  • Many people enjoy spreading cream cheese on their breakfast flatbread with some fresh vegetables.

Synonyms

matzo
vsflatbread
15 8.1

A thin, flat, crispy bread eaten by Jewish people during Passover

is a general thin flat bread type used in everyday cooking
fry bread
vsflatbread
  • US
4 6.1

A flat fried bread made from wheat or corn, often served in Native American communities

is usually baked thin and not cooked by frying
flatbrod
vsflatbread
  • US
9.9

A thin crisp bread from Scandinavia made from rye or barley

is a broader thin flat type not limited to crisp regional varieties
crispbread
vsflatbread
3.3

A thin dry crunchy bread like a cracker made from rye or whole grains

is a general thin flat type that need not be dry or crunchy

How Thick

loaf
125 1.0
bun
164 1.0
flatbread
5 1.7
tortilla
29 2.4
cracker
  • US
114 1.0

Surface Forms

flatbread singular
flatbreads plural

Morphology

flatbread = flat + bread (transparent) = flat + bread

The meaning is a straightforward combination of 'flat' + 'bread': a bread that is flat in shape.

Etymology

The word flatbread is a simple combination of flat 'thin and level' and bread 'baked flour food'. So flatbread literally names bread that is made thin and flat, like pita or naan.