POCKET BREAD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pocket bread mean? 

• POCKET BREAD (noun)
  The noun POCKET BREAD has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: POCKET BREAD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POCKET BREAD (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 ("pocket bread" 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 ("pocket bread" is a part of...):

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