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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A flat Italian bread traditionally flavored with olive oil and salt and often topped with herbs, onions, or other items.

Wiktionary

  1. n. uncountable A flat bread similar in style, composition, and texture to modern pizza doughs and topped with herbs, cheese and other products. Focaccia typically consists of high-gluten flour, oil, water, sugar, salt and yeast.
  2. n. countable A sandwich made with this type of bread.

Etymologies

  1. Diminutive form of Italian fuoco ("fire"), Latin focus ("fireplace"). (Wiktionary)
  2. Italian, hearth-cake, from Vulgar Latin *focācea, from variant of Late Latin focācia, of the hearth, feminine of focācius, from Latin focus, hearth. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • bilby fo real? Apr 6, 2011

  • Prolagus Not to be confused with those cheap faux caccia breads. Apr 5, 2011

  • sarra confused! Apr 5, 2011

  • fbharjo a hearthful (hearth-cake etym.) meal Apr 5, 2011

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