schiacciata
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
schiacciata (uncountable)
- (cooking) A type of crisp and chewy Italian bread, originating from Tuscany.
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From schiacciare (“to crush”) + -ata.
Noun edit
schiacciata f (plural schiacciate)
- (tennis) smash
- (volleyball) spike, smash
- (basketball) dunk, dunk shot
- (regional, cooking) Synonym of focaccia
- crush, squeeze
- (linguistics, phonetics, rare) Synonym of palatoalveolare
Further reading edit
- schiacciata in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle edit
schiacciata f sg