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/ˈpɪtə/ · noun
A piece of pita bread; a flatbread pouch used for making sandwiches such as gyros or falafels..
There is a wide variety of pites, small triangles of butter laden crispy filo dough, voluptuously filled with cheeses, vegetables or spiced meats.
A sweet smell of cheese and milk pites permeates the air of the homes of Greek housewives who prepare the pites according to the tradition of their forefathers.
Most often pites are made with filo dough, but certainly not always. They can be filled with anything and everything, and they are.
They served pita, my old nemesis. I ordered one, and it arrived oozing with hummus and studded with bright green falafel. It was horribly delicious.
Use pita when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Pita means A piece of pita bread; a flatbread pouch used for making sandwiches such as gyros or falafels..
Common synonyms include century plant, maguey, American aloe, pocket bread.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
There is a wide variety of pites, small triangles of butter laden crispy filo dough, voluptuously filled with cheeses, vegetables or spiced meats.
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