Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A festive Italian yeast cake flavored with candied fruit peels and raisins.
Wiktionary
- n. a soft, north Italian yeast brioche with candied fruit, usually prepared for Christmas
Etymologies
- Italian (Wiktionary)
- Italian, augmentative of panetto, a small loaf, diminutive of pane, bread, from Latin pānis; see panada. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“And I keep it going, and I just got -- also, this suggestion from Milan: it's our traffic divider, which we call panettone, and it's painted -- you know, it's these beautiful concrete things that you use around Milan to define all the lanes of traffic.”
“Aside from the butter and eggs, most of the flavor of the panettone comes from the add-ins.”
“The dough for panettone is quite rich and contains plenty of butter and eggs.”
“I didn’t add any sweetener to the egg and milk mixture in this recipe because the panettone is so flavorful on its own.”
“On a totally different note: I was buying some necessities at the King Arthur site and happened on Fiori de Sicilia – they say it’s a traditional flavoring in panettone and pandoro.”
“Although panettone is a traditional Christmas dessert and we’re a bit past it at the moment, that doesn’t mean that you have to wait until next Christmas to enjoy one.”
“Wild Yeast My favorite bread blog -- her panettone was the hit of my parents 'Christmas, at least as far as anything I did for them was concerned.”
“On Friday, I gave a large panettone to my ophthalmologist and her staff — and I also gave her a hug.”
“Another panettone for a wonderful doctor, more pay-it-forward cards …”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘panettone’.
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Let them eat cake.
cake, cakes, Cake, bundt cake, pancake, cheesecake, yellowcake uranium, urinal cake, pound cake, birthday cake, wedding cake, sponge cake and 62 more...
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Verecund, flivver, etc
Just some words I happen to enjoy. Some thread-worn, some not.
yegg, yob, verecund, amatory, fermata, threepenny, gruntled, flivver, gamboge, decolletage, ordure, nudnik and 173 more...
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Foodie
As much fun to say as they are to eat.
blueberry, cider, almond, apricot, asparagus, banana, fudge, foldover, flapjacks, filbert, fig, biscuit and 217 more...
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Wonderful bread
baguette, bialy, pumpernickel, boule, brioche, challah, chapati, cornbread, dosa, mantou, flatbread, focaccia and 102 more...
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A Crumb Of Comfort
Types of bread & breadmaking terms. Mainly I'm looking for plain or savoury breads but I'll accept the sweet-ish ones as long as they are more bread than cake :-)
lagana, khobz, pita, foccaccia, ciabatta, bap, altamura, knead, leaven, crumpet, muffin, bagel and 202 more...
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Words of the Day
glabella, chirotony, nook-shotten, crapehanger, filemot, swirlie, egosurf, lexiphanicism, Ruritanian, stichometry, chrononaut, faldstool and 2041 more...
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Food
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spaghetti, yogurt, muesli, rarebit, wheat, cream, cheese, pumpkin, custard, couscous, oats, sausage and 237 more...
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Four weeks, 28 breakfasts
Every 3-4 days I bake a cake for my breakfast AND that of my S.O., who just claimed that I only do it because I'm "picky".
So, starting today (Feb 3, 2011) I commit myself to inventing and ha...bundt cake, bagel with scramb..., banana, bread and..., pancakes, panettone, conference breakfast, latte macchiato a..., breakfast sausage..., crostata, yogurt with grano..., French toast, yogurt smoothie and 16 more...
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Christmas
carol, yule, noel, nowel, yuletide, melampodium, toyon, wassail, pantomime, simnel, epiphany, luminaria and 37 more...
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Grocery store talk
Things heard around the store, both on the floor and in the back room...
baler, reg, stage, employee discount, papaya, sample, lambic, kumquat, hummus, herb, edamame, mochi and 17 more...
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Winter Food & Drink
What may be partaken during winter holidays.
gingerbread, pfeffernusse, pfefferkuchen, parkin, fruitcake, panforte, stollen, lebkuchen, laufabraud, black bun, hardbake, trifle and 39 more...
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Prolagus
Feb 7, 2011
tusseymountain The word features prominently in the movie Priceless. May 15, 2009
yarb Levitation period - that's my word of the day. Nov 28, 2007
bilby A classic festive season bread from Italy. Usually quite high due to long levitation period. Nov 27, 2007