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prosciutto

US/pɹəˈʃuː.toʊ/

prosciutto noun: a dry-cured ham from Italy, thinly sliced.

prosciutto: a dry-cured ham from Italy, thinly sliced
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Noun

prosciutto (countable and uncountable, plural prosciutti or prosciuttos)

  1. A dry-cured ham from Italy, thinly sliced.
    • He also manages to extract refined performances from overseasoned prosciutti like […]1988 February 19, Joel E. Siegel, “Heartfelt Fluff”, in Chicago Reader
    • The silken-textured, nutty-sweet prosciutto is named on menus from A16 in San Francisco to Blackbird in Chicago, from Otto in Manhattan to Central Michel Richard in Washington, D.C. The La Quercia range, sold in Whole Foods, has expanded to include organic and heirloom prosciuttos, as well as...2009 February 1, Christine Muhlke, “Aging Gracefully”, in New York Times

Examples of prosciutto in a sentence

  • The silken-textured, nutty-sweet prosciutto is named on menus from A16 in San Francisco to Blackbird in Chicago, from Otto in Manhattan to Central Michel Richard in Washington, D.C.2009 February 1, Christine Muhlke, “Aging Gracefully”, in New York Times:
  • In front of him, on a low table, a plate of prosciutto, olives and cheese.2014, Ian McEwan, The Children Act, Penguin Random House (2018), page 193:

Forms of prosciutto

pluralprosciutti
pluralprosciuttos

Origin of prosciutto

Borrowed from Italian prosciutto (meaning 'ham', in general), from asciutto, with a change of prefix, or from a Vulgar Latin *perexsūctus, from per + Latin exsūctus.

Words formed from prosciutto

Phrases with prosciutto

Questions about prosciutto

What does prosciutto mean?
Prosciutto means a dry-cured ham from Italy, thinly sliced.
How do you use prosciutto in a sentence?
The silken-textured, nutty-sweet prosciutto is named on menus from A16 in San Francisco to Blackbird in Chicago, from Otto in Manhattan to Central Michel Richard in Washington, D.C.
What part of speech is prosciutto?
Prosciutto is a noun.
How do you pronounce prosciutto?
Prosciutto is pronounced /pɹəˈʃuː.toʊ/ (US).
What is the plural of prosciutto?
The plural of prosciutto is prosciutti.

Words near prosciutto in the dictionary

  1. proscientific
  2. proscillaridin
  3. prosciurine
  4. prosciurines
  5. prosciutti
  6. prosciutto
  7. prosciutto bread
  8. prosciutto breads
  9. prosciuttos
  10. prosclerotic
  11. proscolex

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