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panini

panini

4 3.5
A hot grilled Italian sandwich filled with meat, cheese, or vegetables
  • noun
  • /pəˈniːni/
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  • We got the panini grill.
  • panini press
  • panini grill
  • panini sandwiches

I've just had some lunch, like beans on toast, tuna paninis and stuff.

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Examples

  • You select the combination of ingredients that you want on your pizza, pasta dish, or panini, and they make it for you.

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  • Tell that to my cheese and bacon panini.Total foodgasm.

  • Remember that panini shop you ate at this morning?

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  • All right, I'm gonna take this panini for the road.

  • I really liked the idea of the sandwich maker or panini pan; does that actually work?

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  • He made you a pesto panini.

  • Sitting in the window delicately eating a panini, watching the people of Tewkesbury parade past.

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  • The menu ranges from traditional Italian coffee drinks to fresh baked goods, panini sandwiches, chocolate drinks, and gelato.

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  • I was in no mood to cook when I got home (see Alex! It happens! Frequently lately, it seems), so I made a quick turkey, spinach, mustard, and cheese panini and a sweet potato on the side.

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  • I have to say that the turkey panini was the best thing I found on the lunch menu.

Synonyms

Italian sandwich
vspanini
  • US
2.6

A large sandwich made with a long crusty roll filled with meats, cheese, and vegetables

is usually grilled rather than built on a long crusty roll

How Filling

panini
4 3.5
grilled cheese
  • US
34 1.0
cheese butty
  • UK
7.4

Surface Forms

panini singular
paninis plural

Etymology

Panini comes from the Italian panino, which means 'small bread', and that word comes from pane meaning 'bread'. So a panini is a sandwich made from small bread filled with cheese, meat, or vegetables and often grilled.