muffuletta

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18
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22
Letters
10

Definition of muffuletta

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A type of Sicilian sesame bread.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A type of Sicilian sesame bread.
  2. (countable, uncountable)A type of sandwich, typically made in New Orleans and containing layers of olive salad, mozzarella and meats, made using that bread.
    “... a stop in the Central Grocery, where Tenn had a beer and one of the city's cherished muffuletta sandwiches, which he cut into four wedges and ate as carefully as he chose his words, which came forth at a slow, painful pace.”
  3. (countable, uncountable)A kind of olive salad made with giardiniera.

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Etymology

From Sicilian, diminutive of muffe (“mold, mushroom”), perhaps due to the appearance of the round sandwich bread being reminiscent of a mushroom cap.

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