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# pitta

noun (a pitta, pittas; also pita)

«pitta» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitta/#m1)

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «pitta» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitta/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«pitta» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pitta.html) on Mova free.