flatbread

[ flat-bred ]

noun

1. 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.
2. Also flat·brod [] a thin, waferlike bread, usually rye, baked especially in Scandinavian countries.

flatbread

/ ˈflætˌbrɛd /

noun

1. a type of thin unleavened bread

Word History and Origins

Origin of flatbread¹

First recorded in 1875–80; perhaps originally translation of Norwegian flatbröd

Example Sentences

The bakery company - Speciality Flatbread Ltd - ceased trading and went into administration in 2022.

From BBC

For two-legged customers, cocktails, wines, beers and ciders are available, along with flatbread pizzas.

From Seattle Times

Visit any household and you will find cassava roasting on the fire, being toasted into a chewy flatbread called casabe, fermenting into the beer called masato, and steaming in soups and stews.

From Salon

I end up, unintentionally, at another hotel for dinner, where the bartender explains to me that the red, green and white dollops on the flatbread represent the Lebanese flag.

From Los Angeles Times

The Cubano-style Mitch Garver half rates as a savory delight, with pulled pork, ham, Swiss and pickles on nicely chewy bread; the Mitch Haniger side disappoints with chicken, marinated tomatoes, a little bacon and havarti on lackluster flatbread, topped with a hard-to-identify, pasty fried avocado wedge.

From Seattle Times