pita

plural pitas · plural pites · alternative pitta · alternative pita bread · alternative pitta bread

1. countableuncountableA piece of pita bread; a flatbread pouch used for making sandwiches such as gyros or falafels.

   Most often pites are made with filo dough, but certainly not always. They can be filled with anything and everything, and they are.

   2002 February, Richard Sterling, Georgia Dacakis, Kate Reeves, “Psomi (Bread)”, in Greece (World Food), Footscray, Vic.: Lonely Planet Publications, →ISBN, “Staples & Specialities” section, page 30

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   There is a wide variety of pites, small triangles of butter laden crispy filo dough, voluptuously filled with cheeses, vegetables or spiced meats.

   1991, Georgia Lyras, Rita Lazarakis, “Filo”, in Yes You Can Cook Greek! Elegant But Easy Greek Cooking, Olathe, Kan.: Cookbook Publishers, →ISBN, page vi

   A sweet smell of cheese and milk pites permeates the air of the homes of Greek housewives who prepare the pites according to the tradition of their forefathers.

   1995, Vefa Alexiadou, “Cuisine and Greek Tradition”, in Greek Cuisine, 3rd edition, Thessaloniki: Vefa Alexiadou, →ISBN, page 4

   They served pita, my old nemesis. I ordered one, and it arrived oozing with hummus and studded with bright green falafel. It was horribly delicious.

   2017, Juli Berwald, “In Medusa’s Blood”, in Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone, New York, N.Y.: Riverhead Books, →ISBN, “Medusa” section, page 278

plural pitas

1. countableuncountableA fiber obtained from the Agave americana and related species, used for making cordage and paper.
2. countableuncountableThe plant which yields the fiber.

   Synonyms: century plant, maguey, American aloe

plural PITAs

1. abbreviationacronymAcronym of pain in the ass/arse.

1. A barangay of Dinalupihan, Bataan, Philippines.