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unleavened

[ uhn-lev-uhnd ]

adjective

  1. (of bread, cake, cookies, etc.) containing no leaven or leavening leavening agent.


unleavened

/ ʌnˈlɛvənd /

adjective

  1. (of bread, biscuits, etc) made from a dough containing no yeast or leavening


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Word History and Origins

Origin of unleavened1

First recorded in 1520–30; un- 1 + leaven + -ed 3

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Example Sentences

They made this dish of unleavened fine bread from high-grade flour that was baked on a round stone and sweetened with honey – the most prized of all sweeteners.

It was the best meal we had either of us had in days—great pilaus of rice, excellent chicken, and fresh unleavened bread.

Lot, on receiving two angels in his house, ordered unleavened bread to be baked, and they did eat.

The ancestral wine-cup was filled with wine, and white unleavened bread laid on a plate close by.

This is what Paul figuratively calls partaking of the true unleavened bread—or wafers, or cakes.

However, it is a well-known fact to readers of ancient records that in the earliest times bread was entirely unleavened.

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