flatbread
Americannoun
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Also flat bread any of various often unleavened breads baked in a flat, usually round or oval shape, as those eaten in India, the Middle East, and Italy.
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Also flatbrod a thin, waferlike bread, usually rye, baked especially in Scandinavian countries.
noun
Etymology
Origin of flatbread
First recorded in 1875–80; perhaps originally translation of Norwegian flatbröd
Example Sentences
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Start your meal with Crispy Kitfo, an Ethiopian beef tartar spread on crispy injera, a pillowy, slightly sour, fermented flatbread.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
There will also be shrimp tempura and Georgia peach and ricotta flatbread with hot honey.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026
The way they cook the rib-eye and flatbread is honestly just so good.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
Breaking a piece of flatbread in two, he passes it to the 12 similarly enlarged men projected on all four walls around him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025
Mormont spread some fish roe across a slice of flatbread and took a bite.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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