Italian bread

noun

A type a crusty, yeasted bread prepared without shortening and unsweetened, baked in long, thick loaves with tapered ends.

Meanings

nounItalian bread (countable and uncountable, plural Italian breads)

plural Italian breads

  1. countableuncountablecookingA type a crusty, yeasted bread prepared without shortening and unsweetened, baked in long, thick loaves with tapered ends.
  2. countableuncountableUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Italian, bread: any of many types of bread made in Italy or said to be made faithfully in the style thereof.
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