pitta

«pitta» in Mova's school dictionary: a flat round or oval bread from the eastern Mediterranean… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a pitta, pittas; also pita)

meaning for a pupil

Pitta (or pita) is a flat round or oval bread from the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East that can be opened into a pocket and filled with food. tree →

sense in the lessons

In food lessons and everyday life: a pitta filled with falafel, salad or hummus; pitta bread in lunchboxes; Greek gyros wrapped in pitta.

examples

• I had a pitta filled with chicken and salad. tree →
• Cut the pitta open to make a pocket. tree →
• We dipped pitta bread in hummus. tree →
• Toast the pitta so it puffs up. tree →
• Mum packed a cheese pitta for my lunch. tree →
• Falafel tastes great in a warm pitta. tree →

note

UK spelling usually «pitta», US spelling «pita». Countable (two pittas) or «pitta bread» (uncountable). Pitta is not pizza: it has no topping and opens into a pocket.

In the corpora

• Not all bread needs yeast: pitta and tortillas are flat, and pitta puffs up only because water inside turns to steam.
• Flatbreads like pitta and tortilla are made without yeast; pitta gets its pocket because water inside turns to steam in a hot oven.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «pitta» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.