burrata
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of burrata
First recorded in 2005–10; from Italian , equivalent to burro + -ata; see origin at butter -ate 1 ( def. ) (from its butterlike texture)
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Over a dinner featuring steaks, salmon and burrata salad, Graham toasted Scott Bessent—Trump’s Treasury secretary and a fellow South Carolinian, who traveled to Ankara on Air Force One with the president.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Saturday, while people were voting, we were eating burrata and watching The Boroughs on Netflix.
From Slate ● Jun. 6, 2026
“We always wanted to make a song that sounded like Third Eye Blind, but I couldn’t sing that well,” Shelton says, cutting at the disc of burrata atop his pasta.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025
Or simply as someone who can pronounce burrata correctly.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2025
Guests dined on house-made burrata cheese, an entree choice of beef braciole or cod almandine and lemon meringue tart with limoncello ice cream for dessert.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 24, 2024
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