ciabatta
/tʃəˈbɑːtə
/noun [mass noun]
A flattish, open-textured Italian bread with a floury crust, made with olive oil: wonderful Italian breads including ciabatta [count noun]: all manner of olive breads and ciabattas...
- While most are familiar with focaccia, the Italian flatbread, ciabatta was all new to me.
- Start off with some good bread - ciabatta if possible.
- Every culture has a different way of baking - we have the Italians to thank for ciabatta.
Origin
Italian, literally 'slipper' (from its shape).
Rhymes
- demeanour
- de' Medici
- de' Medici, Catherine
- de Medici collar
- de' Medici, Cosimo
- de' Medici, Giovanni
- de' Medici, Lorenzo
- dement
- dementalise
- dementalised
- dementalising
- dementalize
- dementalized
- dementalizing
- dementated
- dementation
- demented
- dementedly
- dementedness
- dementia
- demential
- dementia praecox
- dementifying
- dementing
- demerara