focaccia
UK/fəˈkætʃə//foʊˈkɑtʃə/
focaccia noun: a flatbread similar in style, composition, and texture to modern pizza doughs and topped with herbs, cheese and other products. Focaccia typically consists of high-gluten flour, oil, water, sugar, salt and yeast.
Noun
focaccia (countable and uncountable, plural focaccias)
- A flatbread similar in style, composition, and texture to modern pizza doughs and topped with herbs, cheese and other products. Focaccia typically consists of high-gluten flour, oil, water, sugar, salt and yeast.
- The same dough can be used for bread, rolls, breadsticks, bruschetta, focaccia, calzone, or pizza. The only practical difference between pizza and focaccia is the thickness of the crust: Traditional pizza crust is thin, and something an inch or two thick […] is more like focaccia.2001, Eve Zibart, The Ethnic Food Lover's Companion, page 47
- Sweetgreen told CNN the company was “proud to share that we are currently in the process of rolling out new PFAS-free focaccia bags that will be available in all Sweetgreen locations by the end of Q2.”2022 March 25, Sandee LaMotte, “Dangerous chemicals found in food wrappers at major fast-food restaurants and grocery chains, report says”, in CNN
- Synonyms:
- focaccia bread
- A sandwich made with this type of bread.
Synonyms of focaccia
Forms of focaccia
| plural | focaccias |
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Origin of focaccia
Unadapted borrowing from Italian focaccia, from Late Latin focācium (via its plural focācia), derived from Latin focus (“hearth”). Doublet of fougasse and pagash. Cognate with Sicilian fugazza, Serbo-Croatian pogača (“unleavened bread”).
Phrases with focaccia
Words that rhyme with focaccia
Questions about focaccia
- What does focaccia mean?
- Focaccia means a flatbread similar in style, composition, and texture to modern pizza doughs and topped with herbs, cheese and other products. Focaccia typically consists of high-gluten flour, oil, water, sugar, salt and yeast.
- What part of speech is focaccia?
- Focaccia is a noun.
- How do you pronounce focaccia?
- Focaccia is pronounced /fəˈkætʃə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of focaccia?
- The plural of focaccia is focaccias.
Words near focaccia in the dictionary
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