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pita
1[ pee-tuh ]
noun
- a round Middle Eastern flatbread that is often filled with meat, peppers, etc., to make a sandwich.
pita
2[ pee-tuh ]
noun
- a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- any of these plants.
pita
/ ˈpiːtə /
noun
- any of several agave plants yielding a strong fibre See also istle
- a species of pineapple, Ananas magdalenae, the leaves of which yield a white fibre
- Also calledpita fibre the fibre obtained from any of these plants, used in making cordage and paper
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Example Sentences
The half-circle of bread gets squeezed open to become a pocket like a huge, spongy pita.
Sure, some falafel places in Israel stuff a couple of french fries into the pita.
You don't technically need all the gadgets to do this, but without them, the PITA factor gets kind of high.
Serve the burgers in toasted pita bread with lots of arugula, thinly sliced red onions, and roasted red peppers.
Serve in warm pita bread with arugula, roasted red pepper, sliced red onion, and the following salsa.
The Zoques make from the ixtle and pita thread and superior hammocks, in which they have quite a trade.
These are laced together by cords of the “pita” aloe; but the interstices between are left open, so as freely to admit the breeze.
The sides were formed of bamboos, closely picketed, and laced together by fibres of the pita.
Blackbirds are decoyed by kernels of corn threaded on a snare of pita fibre hidden under the ground.
Pe- pita sat in a dream of joy, the color coming and going on her cheeks, her rapture glowing in her eyes.
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