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# pitta

«pitta» in Mova's school dictionary: **a flat round or oval bread from the eastern Mediterranean…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a pitta, pittas; also pita)

### meaning for a pupil

Pitta (or pita) is a flat round or oval bread from the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East that can be opened into a pocket and filled with food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitta/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In food lessons and everyday life: a pitta filled with falafel, salad or hummus; pitta bread in lunchboxes; Greek gyros wrapped in pitta.

### examples

- I had a pitta filled with chicken and salad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitta/#x1)
- Cut the pitta open to make a pocket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitta/#x2)
- We dipped pitta bread in hummus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitta/#x3)
- Toast the pitta so it puffs up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitta/#x4)
- Mum packed a cheese pitta for my lunch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitta/#x5)
- Falafel tastes great in a warm pitta. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitta/#x6)

### note

UK spelling usually «pitta», US spelling «pita». Countable (two pittas) or «pitta bread» (uncountable). Pitta is not pizza: it has no topping and opens into a pocket.

### In the corpora

- [Not all bread needs yeast: pitta and tortillas are flat, and pitta puffs up only because water inside turns to steam.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/21-bread-rising-yeast-at-work/5/)
- [Flatbreads like pitta and tortilla are made without yeast; pitta gets its pocket because water inside turns to steam in a hot oven.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/21-bread-rising-yeast-at-work/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pitta» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitta/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.