ciabatta

ciabatta

ci·a·bat·ta

C5366700 (chə-bä′tə)n. A porous bread with a crispy crust, baked in a flattish, usually oblong loaf.

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[Italian ciabatta, slipper, worn-out shoe, ciabatta (from the loaf's shape); akin to Old French chavate, savate, old slipper, and Portuguese sapato and Spanish zapato, shoe, of unknown origin.]

ciabatta

(tʃəˈbætə) n (Cookery) a type of open-textured bread made with olive oil[C20: from Italian, literally: slipper]

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