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PITA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pita mean? 

PITA (noun)
  The noun PITA has 1 sense:

1. usually small round bread that can open into a pocket for fillingplay

  Familiarity information: PITA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PITA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Usually small round bread that can open into a pocket for filling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

pita; pocket bread

Hypernyms ("pita" is a kind of...):

flatbread (any of various breads made from usually unleavened dough)

Domain region:

Middle East; Mideast; Near East (the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century)

Holonyms ("pita" is a part of...):

gyro (a Greek sandwich: sliced roast lamb with onion and tomato stuffed into pita bread)


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